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LIST OF BOATS SAIL BROKERAGE LAGOON 450, 2016................................. $635,000 OCEANIS 55, 2016 ...................................$575,000 OCEANIS 55, 2016 .....................................575,000 OCEANIS 55, 2016 ...................................$549,000 JEANNEAU SO 49, 2005..........................$250,000 FIRST 45, 2010 .........................................$329,000 BENETEAU 46, 2009 ................................$237,000 LAGOON 450, 2016..................................$635,000 JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 43 DS, 2002$147,500

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BENETEAU 423, 2005 ..............................$174,500 BENETEAU 42 CC, 2002 .........................$139,000 CATALINA 42, 1993....................................$99,500 BENETEAU 393, 2003 ..............................$119,500 OCEANIS 38.1, 2017 ................................$249,000 SABRE..................................... 386, 2009 $225,000 OCEANIS 37, 2008 ...................................$129,000 BENETEAU FIRST 36.7, 2005....................$79,000 CATALINA MKII, 1995................................$52,000 OCEANIS 35, 2015 ...................................$169,000

CATALINA 34 MKII, 2005 .........................$109,000 FIGARO BENETEAU 2, 2004 .....................$80,000 CATALINA320, 2000...................................$61,000 HUNTER 31, 2006 ......................................$54,950 POWER BENETEAU GRAN TURISMO, 2015 ........$419,000 BENETEAU GT 44, 2015 ..........................$415,000 ISLAND GYPSY COCKPIT, 1986 ............. $97,000 BENETEAU BARRACUDA 7, 2015 ............$86,241

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50’ STEVENS CUSTOM 50 S&S, 1987 $219,000 Emery Cove (510) 601-5010

47’ ALDEN DOLPHIN, 1973 $119,000 Emery Cove (510) 601-5010

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Non-Race Sept. 1 — Free Fishing Day throughout California. Info, www.wildlife.ca.gov/Licensing/Fishing/Free-Fishing-Days. Sept. 1 — Sea Scout Open House, South Bay YC, Alviso, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. BBQ, boat rides. RSVP, www.ss300.org. Sept. 1, 7, 8, 15, 21, 28, 29, Oct. 5, 6, 7 — Sailing on 1891 scow schooner Alma, Hyde St. Pier, S.F., 12:30-4 p.m. $20-$40. Info, (415) 447-5000 or www.nps.gov/safr. Sept. 1, Oct. 6 — Chantey Sing aboard Eureka, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, 8-10 p.m. Dress warmly and bring a mug for hot cider. Free, but RSVP to Peter, (415) 561-7171. Sept. 1-29 — Small Boat Sailing, 9:30 a.m., and sailing for veterans and their families, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. every Saturday with BAADS at South Beach Harbor in San Francisco. Free. Info, (415) 281-0212 or www.baads.org. Sept. 1978 — From Letters in Vol. 17 of Latitude 38: "Following 64 years of tenancy on Port of Oakland property in the Brooklyn Basin, the practical aspects of a DNOD loan to the Port prompted Oakland Yacht Club to weigh anchor in January of 1977 and relocate at the Pacific Marina in Alameda. "The new harbor, across the Estuary from Jack London Square, is conveniently located with more than adequate parking in a setting of trees and lawns with more than 200 berths. "The clubhouse of two stories is a remodeled office building with club room, bar, and galley already completed since the move from Oakland last January. . . "The welcome is always out to visiting yachtsmen." Sept. 2-30 — Keelboat Sail, noon-4 p.m., every Sunday with BAADS at South Beach Harbor in San Francisco. Free. Info, (415) 281-0212 or www.baads.org. Sept. 3 — Labor Day. Sept. 5 — Mexico Cruising Seminar, Spaulding Marine Center, Sausalito, 4-5:45 p.m. Free. Dick, 52 (322) 226-6728. Sept. 5 — Latitude 38 Fall Crew List Party, Spaulding Marine Center, Sausalito, 6-9 p.m. Appetizers, guest experts & demos, cash beer & wine bar. $5-$10 cash only at the door; free for registered 2018 Baja Ha-Ha skippers & first Last September's Crew List Party at the salty Spaulding Marine Center in Sausalito. mates only. Info, (415) 383-8200 or www.latitude38.com. Sept. 5-26 — Wednesday Yachting Luncheon Series, StFYC, 11:45-1:30 p.m. Lunch and a dynamic speaker each week for about $25. All YCs' members welcome. Info, www. stfyc.com. Sept. 6 — Reading Moby Dick in the Wake of Climate Change, S.F. Maritime Research Center, Fort Mason, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, (415) 447-5000 or www.nps.gov/safr. Sept. 7 — R2AK Blazer Party, Northwest Maritime Center, Port Townsend, WA. Awards/reunion/beer bash. $30. Info, www.r2ak.com. Sept. 7-9 — Wooden Boat Festival, Northwest Maritime Center/Point Hudson Marina, Port Townsend, WA. $15-$40. Info, www.nwmaritime.org/wooden-boat-festival. Sept. 8 — Marine Electrical Workshop with Clark Beek, Spaulding Boatworks, Sausalito, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $50 inPage 12 •

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⇑⇓ THE LOSS AND RECOVERY OF KELAERIN One should never second-guess decisions made in a storm situation. The fact that the skipper sustained an injury is certainly cause to consider rescue, though I could certainly identify with Joy and her dedication to Kelaerin. I know that sea conditions can vary wildly, and the seas could have been so steep and close together to make heaving too difficult — though their boat looks heavy enough to be able to do that more ably than a lighter vessel. The other strategy

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After 17 years of sailing around the world, and just 150 miles from the completion of their circumnavigation, Joy and Jim Carey made the heart-wrenching decision to abandon their Omega 45 'Kalaerin'. But the boat was recovered about a month later off the California coast.

would involve towing a drogue, which many cruising boats are outfitted with. Sails or anchors can also serve to keep a boat stern to the sea and further reduce speed. My experience has taught me, through many an error, that slowing the boat as much as possible reduces damage and allows one time to assess situations with less anxiety. I'm thrilled to hear the boat has been rescued and wish the captain and first mate well. Tom Carr Bluebird, Mirror Offshore 19 Santa Cruz ⇑⇓ WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? I have read about this kind of outcome before, more than once. The crew leaves the boat, and the boat survives on its own. No one steering, no one working the sails or motor. What it means, I am not sure . . . but it does seem boats can take more punishment than the crew. They are fortunate to be able to finish their circumnavigation, if they wish. Matt Nelson ⇑⇓ FROM OUR FACEBOOK THREAD ABOUT KALAERIN The Careys are members of the Corinthian Yacht Club of Bellingham, and they spoke at our last meeting. One of the things not mentioned is the steering. According

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to Jim, the steering pedestal bolts had all sheared off. When they abandoned Kalaerin, the steering still worked, but you had to hold the pedestal up with one hand and steer with the other. No liferaft, no dinghy, one VHF radio, no bilge pumps, and you could lose steering at any moment. Yeah, time to get off. Erik Greene It would be really hard to abandon a boat still afloat and sailing. Michael Scott Anyone Monday-morning-quarterbacking about these people and their unfortunate situation should be shunned by fellow sailors. How about some Corinthian spirit and wishing them well? They've been through enough. (Delete the trolls!) Karrie Sutton Selakovic It's not always trolls, but just sailors who think it couldn't happen to them for some reason. Ian Patrick Hughes

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LETTERS perienced, unprepared, or lazy to do it in the first place and now your cabin is flooded. 4) It might be better to keep your liferaft down below so it doesn't get ripped off your deck, though this could be debatable. 5) If it's a well-found boat, it can probably handle the conditions better than you can hold out in them. 6) I'm sure there are more. Peter Kacandes We've been terrified and at risk in 60-knot winds . . . at a dock, let alone in high seas. While trying to save our boat in the middle of the night, the captain became hypothermic and had a finger crushed before the dock lines snapped. Totally understand how quickly a wonderful cruise turns life-threatening. Thank you heroes of the Coast Guard. Carol Ann-David Faith We saw the boat being towed in. Its hull is unscathed. Amazing luck. USCG were extremely professional in towing the boat. Evidently, there is no Vessel Assist in Fort Bragg, just the USCG. They have a tiny base and two surf boats. These ladies and gentlemen are life savers on the North Coast. Kit Stycket Is it too soon to honestly discuss the mistakes they made, based on their own report, so that others can learn from their travails? Asking for a friend. Peter Kacandes The crew are OK and that is the most important thing. It's very easy for folks who have no idea what it was like to comment later from the armchair. SV Mist Latitude Nation — It's only natural to do a post-mortem following a disaster or accident at sea, and natural to ask yourself, "What would I have done?" More often than not, people from the safety of shore — or from the safety of social media — question the actions of sailors who were in the thick of it and making life-and-death decisions. And from those warm, dry perches, we can all list off what people should have done. They should have been more prepared for the weather, they should have had a drogue, they should have had better pumps, etc. It's easy to be a Monday-morning quarterback, an armchair sailor, and to assert that we would have done better, We're not saying that some analysis isn't valuable — as sailors, we're always taking note of things that can go wrong at sea for our own education. What is seamanship if not a process of preparing yourself for a series of worst-case scenarios? Seamanship is about making mistakes, learning from them, and trying to mitigate future gaffes. (Joy Carey had originally said that after being knocked down and taking on water, their paperback books turned to pulp and completely blocked all bilge pumps. Needless to say, we may be wary of a large library of cheap books — and other items that might become flotsam if the boat is flooded — when preparing our boat for a long passage through rough waters.) Analysis for the sake of self-enlightenment is important. Analysis for the sake of saying, "They screwed up. I would have stayed with the boat," is simply ridiculous. We spoke with Joy Carey by phone while she and her husband Jim were in Fort Bragg cleaning Kalaerin and going through all of her systems. "I figured people would secondguess getting off the boat," Joy told us. "You sit there and say

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to yourself 'I would never get off.' I knew that would happen; some of the comments have been downright snarky, but I don't read that stuff. I refuse to read to all of the comments; that's the world we live in with the social media." Joy said she was told about statements saying she and Jim were too old, or said that they got too tired to handle the situation (the Careys are in their early 70s). "Jim is a career merchant marine. He's been in 100-mph winds and 50-ft seas off the Gulf of Alaska — and that's not an exaggeration. It wasn't a lack of knowledge." Joy said that she couldn't believe people "who were thousands of miles away" would make assertions about what she and Jim should have done. We cannot imagine the heart-wrenching and spur-of-themoment decision the Careys had to make. Joy reminded us that they originally wanted a dewatering pump, but the Coast Guard rescue swimmer quickly talked them into abandoning ship. Try to put yourself there: As a helicopter running precariously low on fuel hovers overhead, you have to make a decision about your life, your home of 17 years, your money, your memories and everything you own — the cornerstones of your existence and your existence itself — in less than five minutes. For all the social-media commentary out there about whether the couple should have left the boat, no one in the world could have possibly agonized over that choice more than the Careys themselves. As much as we prepare, as much bad weather as we've seen, and as many times as we've sailed away from scary situations, the ocean can school us at any time. Some of you out there might have been through worse weather and come out smelling like a rose, but are you really prepared to tell someone else what they should or shouldn't have done? We can all sit in front of our screens, see a picture of what looks like a well-found sailboat, and say to ourselves, "Well that boat looks fine. Why would they have abandoned it? I wouldn't have abandoned it." But actually being out there is a totally different story. ⇑⇓ NEW TO TOWN. WHERE TO SAIL? My 23-year-old son has recently moved to Palo Alto to work at Tesla, and I've suggested he try to get involved in beer can racing. He has no boat and no club membership, but some sailing experience. Are you able to provide me with any info as to whom he might contact? Jud Virtue Jud — We've always said that beer cans are a great way to get connected to sailing anywhere. Your son can see all the Bay Area Beer Can series here: www.issuu.com/latitude38/ docs/yra2018/56. We also hold two crew parties each year with the next one coming up on September 5 at Spaulding Marine Center in Sausalito. And let's not forget our Crew List, which can be found at www.latitude38.com — just click on 'Crew List & Party'. And finally, because your son is in the South Bay, we'd like to enthusiastically recommend the Sequoia Yacht Club in Redwood City. Sequoia is one of the most active clubs on the Peninsula and has a solid beer can series that's always looking to bring in new people. They're also a lot of fun to hang out with. ⇑⇓ SAILORS WEANING THEMSELVES OFF PLASTIC Regarding the July 25 'Lectronic Latitude ["Kudos"], you may already know this, but 11th Hour Racing was a pioneer in working to change the culture many years ago. They used as 'ambassadors' elite offshore, Olympic and AC sailors to work

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⇑⇓ SAVING THE WORLD ONE COCKTAIL AT A TIME I was at the Richmond Yacht Club recently and noticed that they have switched over to paper drink straws — they seem to be decent enough quality to last through a full cocktail. Sean Reynolds Rich — by 11th Hour Racing, who, with their Vestas/11th Hour Racpany called Bluewater during the Volvo Ocean Race stop in Cape Town, South Africa, last year. Bluewater offered almost 8,500 gallons of drinking water Paper straws at Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon. with "no impact on municipal water supply," and "500,000 plastic bottles avoided during the stopover," according to a Facebook post. (It should also be noted that the 2013 America's Cup in San Francisco banned the dreaded single use water bottles). Locally, Richmond Yacht Club is doing great work leading the way with small (but deeply impactful) measures such as paper straws and water fountains where you can refill reus-

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⇑⇓ CAN WE AFFORD TO BE DENIERS? I believe the data that says the climate is warming and I believe man is causing it. And I believe this will have large and sometimes devastating effects on some of our delicate ecosystems. I understand that scientists can have a valid hypothesis that the weather and climate data might not necessarily lead to the conclusion that the atmosphere is warming due to man's activity. Science says we should never jump to conclusions. And scientists should not advocate, or at least, if they are going to advocate, they should announce that they are switching out of science mode and into advocacy mode. Science works on hypotheses and works to prove the hypotheses, and is ongoing. In our world of news stories that come alive quickly and get replaced quickly, answers and closure are mistaken for being "smart." Climate change either is or isn't — right now. But science and furthering understanding take patience. One bit of data (from NASA) that, to me, seems quite compelling, is that the CO2 level in the atmosphere is 25% higher (that's a lot!) than it has been in 400,000 years. Almost all scientists agree on this data, and the effects that higher CO2 could have on atmospheric and ocean temperatures. (Yes, I did say "could have.") The effect that these higher temperatures have on all

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LETTERS the extremely complex ecosystems on the planet is a much more complicated issue and can be debated for a long time. But some things are sobering. Hypothesis: Higher atmospheric CO2 and higher ocean temperatures will lead to high acid levels in the ocean, which can be devastating to ecosystems. Measured results: higher ocean acidity in many locations and some devastated ecosystems. Data supports the hypotheses. Can we afford to deny the possibility when, by the time enough evidence is collected to convince everyone, it may be too late to reverse the effects? Tony Hoff Kuewa, Islander 44 San Rafael ⇑⇓ RESPONSE TO A RESPONSE In response to "Anonymous" in the August issue's Letters: Sure, climate has changed before, ice caps have melted in the past. You'd better tell the 50,000 or so climate scientists, since they didn't know that (sarcasm). I doubt you know much about how the climate changed in the past. Let me enlighten you: Saying that the climate has changed before tells us zero about whether humans are now warming the planet. That is just a nonsense denier sound bite, promoted to fool people. Guess what was a major player in ending every glacial period: carbon dioxide. Glacial periods come and go when Milankovitch cycles trigger those changes in climate (changes in Earth's orbit and the angle of the Earth's axial tilt with respect to the orbital plane — the obliquity of the ecliptic). But those Milankovitch cycles are not strong enough to melt ice sheets and warm the world to interglacial conditions on their own. Feedbacks that kick in after the initial warming are what do most of the warming. And CO2 is a major player as a feedback. But now humans are directly pumping CO2 into the atmosphere at the rate of 34 billion tons a year. So CO2 is acting as a climate forcing, not a feedback. That CO2 warms the atmosphere and how it does it have been known since 1859. There is no question about that. It's been estimated that human emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases are nearly three times as strong as radiative climate forcing, as those Milankovitch cycles. According to the Shakun et al data, approximately 7% of the overall glacialinterglacial global temperature increase occurred before the CO2 rise, whereas 93% of the global warming followed the CO2 increase. As soon as a denier brings up Al Gore, rest assured they know next to nothing about the science, which is 150 years old. Al Gore did not invent it. And he has nothing to do with the research agreed on by virtually every major professional science organization in the world and every major university in the world. At least 97% of climate scientists agree on Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW), despite the lies deniers tell about that. Here are some observed fingerprints of AGW: Rising tropopause Less oxygen in the atmosphere Nights warming faster than days Shrinking thermosphere Cooling stratosphere More fossil-fuel carbon in corals (carbon isotopes) Less heat escaping to space More heat returning to Earth Those are all fingerprints of enhanced greenhouse effect and not of any natural climate forcing. If it were the sun, both the troposphere and the stratosphere would warm, days

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⇑⇓ AND ANOTHER BIT . . . I haven't seen this movie yet but I thought you might like to know that Hazana — the boat in the original story — is still in the Ala Wai yacht harbor in Honolulu! She is a Hallberg-Rassy 44 and has been totally restored. Glenn Shinn Grendel, Moore 24 Santa Cruz ⇑⇓ WELL, HOW ABOUT MY FAVORITE DISASTER BOOK? I know you were asking for opinions about movies, but I'm reminded about one of my favorite sailing books: Capsized: The True Story of Four Men Adrift for 119 Days. I was first attracted to it because I own a trimaran, but what makes the book great is that it's not so much about four men lost at sea on an overturned trimaran as it is about the people themselves, and how they interact with each other and their situation. They could have been trapped on an island and it would have been just as good a book. People often say it is the plot that makes a good book or movie. However, if you don't care about the characters, you don't care what happens to them. Capsized made me care about the characters. Bruce Balan Migration, Cross 46 Trimaran Currently in SoCal

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⇑⇓ JUST BRING BACK THE Js In my opinion, the 'boats' coming up and the ones in the last AC are toys. Hydraulics, pedalers instead of crew, no bowmen, no halyard and sheet tenders, no real sails or sailors except the captain and navigator, etc. They're fast, foiling, maybe occasionally exciting, short-course spectator-friendly toys. This 76-year-old mossback wants to bring back the magnificent Js! And why not? They are real racing sailboats — from the restored originals to the new ones — with an active class association, regular racing, and a tangible link to over 100 years of AC racing to today and into the future. The Js are spectacular to watch, with real crews doing real sailing, and they're actually capable of Not many boats can beat the J Class for sheer sailing to the races elegance and beauty. Last year's J Regatta in on their own botBermuda — which was part of the America's toms if they need Cup festivities — went a long way to appeas- to. They're no more ing sailors not entirely enamored with the new expensive than declass of foiling beasts. Some of our readers signing, building have even suggested that the America's Cup be a series of events, with some sailing in a and testing the new foiling class, and some in a classic monohull toys — and the list for accumulated scores. We have to admit, the goes on. No transition idea sounds kinda cool. such as this is easy, but we know the AC has been fought for as much in the courthouse as on the race course throughout its history. And the Js are already actively racing — against each other and in open races. New ones are being designed and built regularly, and millions of sailors all over the world can identify with boats that look like theirs and use essentially the same strategies and tactics they do on the race course. It's time. Jerry B. Shell Planet Earth ⇑⇓ HIT THE BRAKES ON THE CAPTION CONTEST(!) It seems to me that this subject for a caption contest is inappropriate. I'm looking at the picture of a boat hard aground, at least in serious jeopardy, possibly a total loss. If it were my boat, this would be a really big problem. Making a joke out of it is in poor taste. Laughing at another person's problems seems mean-spirited. I hope that we can all do better. Yes, I

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LETTERS cumnavigators' List back in the early 2000s, it was one of those fun brainstorms where everyone in the office started throwing out names of boats and people. After the initial furor and a rough list, we realized there would have to be some parameters. So as stated back then — and now: "This list is meant to note boats or people who have 1) left from and returned to US West Coast ports or Hawaii on their circumnavigations; or 2) West Coast or Hawaii-based sailors who have done circumnavigations starting and ending in non-West Coast ports. And races count. So although the round-the-world races that Paul Cayard, John Kostecki and Bruce Schwab participated in did not start or end on the West Coast (or even in the US), those gentlemen were residents of the West Coast at the time, which qualifies them for inclusion. Have we bent the rules? Absolutely. For example, Harry Heckel didn't leave from a West Coast port, nor was he, technically, a "West Coaster." He was born in California but spent his career in New York and lived out his final years in Virginia. But at age 89, he became the oldest circumnavigator, ever. We figured that was worth honorary mention. While most rules are bendable — especially those we make up ourselves — not all are made to be broken. While we acknowledge the amazing achievement that any circumnavigation most certainly is, including everyone from everywhere would simply be unmanageable. Even if we didn't start from the beginning, with the ragtag remains of Magellan's fleet that limped back into Spain in 1522 — where and when would you start? Cook? Slocum? Chichester? There are lists and clubs that celebrate all circumnavigations. Some have pretty stringent rules — according to Guinness, for a shot at a record, a circumnavigation must include reaching at least two antipodean spots (spots opposite each other on the globe), and exceed the circumference of the Earth at the equator (24,900 miles). In our list, as long as you're on a sailboat, we don't care if you do the 'manly' thing around the Great Capes; opt for the comparatively easier, shorter route through the canals; or take two years or 20 to get it done. But we do care that you either start and end at some West Coast or Hawaiian port, or that you yourself are from the West Coast. Unless you're older than 89. After all this, we've decided to start adding names of other circumavigators under 'Congratulations to Other Circumnavigators' when time allows. You and Magellan are the first ones on it. PS: You can see our current West Coast Circumnavigators' List at www.latitude38.com/features/circumnav.html. ⇑⇓ WE'RE A SAILBOAT . . . TOO? On Saturday, July 21, I was teaching ASA Basic Keelboat, out of Tradewinds Sailing School in the inner harbor basin of Richmond Harbor. We were close-hauled on port tack heading for Ford Point. A sailboat, with no sails up, was motoring out at about 5 knots; it was at about 45 degrees off the starboard bow with steady bearing and decreasing range. When it got to about 200 yards and did not change course or speed, I gave it five short blasts. No response. When it was about 50 yards out, I yelled, "We are sailing." The skipper replied: "We are a sailboat too," and turned sharply to port (toward my boat) and passed astern. I wish I had taken a photo or gotten the name. The moral of the story is: Assume the other boat does not know the Rules of the Road. The three students on my boat learned a valuable lesson. My thanks to the other boat for the demonstration of what not to do. Capt. David Hammer Hammer Time, Catalina 42 Marina Bay, Richmond

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LETTERS ⇑⇓ A TRUE FENDER BENDER I enjoyed all the letters about sloppy boaters leaving their fenders over the side while underway. While this is almost universally considered gauche, it is mostly an aesthetic preference. A true nautical faux pas that actually is likely to result in damage is securing fenders to the lifelines or stanchions. That causes unnecessary and constant wear on the lifelines and can apply significant torque to the stanchions. For years, we made the mistake of tying fenders to the lifelines, and now we have stretched and prematurely worn lifelines on one side and two stanchions that have broken at the base, needing expensive repairs. We've learned that this is a reckless use of important safety equipment. The best option is to purchase a couple of mid-rail cleats for your track or toe rail and secure fenders to hardware intended to support frequent loads. If you must tie onto a stanchion, do so as close to the deck as possible to prevent excess torque. We also stow our fenders before leaving the slip, because backing out is when we've observed the largest forces pulling on fender lines. Anonymous Catalina 34 San Francisco ⇑⇓ COURSE CORRECTIONS REDUX With reference to the Tanker vs. Sailboat situation recently discussed in Latitude 38: As a pleasure sailor and commercial captain, I can't help but notice one glaring Rule of the Road that pleasure boat sailors (both cruisers and racers) consistently forget to learn. Rule 10 Traffic Separation Schemes, Subparagraph (j). "A vessel of less than 20 meters (any boat whether pleasure or commercial that's less than 65 feet) or a sailing vessel (of any size) shall not impede the safe passage of a power-driven vessel following a traffic lane." (Quoted from an older 1998 copy of the rules, because my current revised copy is on my schooner). What that rule means to a commercial mariner is simply that all small boats under 65 feet have no right of way. None whatsoever. In their minds, the Rules (COLREGS) only apply to vessels over 20 meters, and everyone else is required by those rules to simply stay out of their way. So, most readers of Latitude 38 who don't own boats over 65 feet simply have no right of way when inside the traffic separation schemes. And those schemes extend from the high seas through the Golden Gate and clear up to Alcatraz Island. Consequently, most races on the Bay occur right in the separation schemes, which are shown on the official charts, but seriously, what pleasure boater looks at a chart these days? Unfortunately, many 'cartoon' chartplotters also do not show the traffic separation schemes very well. Finally, to avoid the Tanker vs. Sailboat situation, it is prudent when operating in the vicinity of a traffic scheme to monitor the Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) channel (VHF 14 inside the Bay and channel 12 outside the Sea Buoy). The commercial vessels are legally required to report in to VTS as they round each point, and you will have plenty of notice that the big ships are coming your way. The commercial vessel will be saying, "I am passing Mile Rock," or "I am passing Harding Rock," etc. There are VHF radios available that can monitor up to three channels at once. Further, it is a good idea to monitor VHF 16, 14 and 13 inside the Bay (commercial operators use 13 to talk to each other). When you are in a traffic separation scheme the tanker

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skipper may try to contact you on channel 13, but he will most likely not try to contact you on channel 16. Capt. Alan Hugenot Schooner Sea Raven San Francisco Bay ⇑⇓ CORRECTING THE COURSE CORRECTIONS Gaah! You just keep making it worse . . . John Tebbetts replied [in last month's Letters] with a somewhat lengthy explanation about why your actions [described in a May 16 'Lectronic 'Lectronic] when sailing may have been wrong. And you replied: "It's a busy Bay and the 'tonnage rule' suggests we defer to ships and ship captains." There is no tonnage rule. There are official Navigation Rules, which do indeed govern who gives way and when. It is not a suggestion, nor is it a matter of deference. Simply stated, the entire Bay has been designated as restricted waters, meaning large vessels are constrained by their draft and/or restricted in their ability to maneuver. This means if you are in a small sailboat, no matter which direction or tack, you are the give-way vessel and need to keep out of their way. If you sail by the mythical tonnage rule, and think "He's bigger than me, I better get out of the way," you may actually be making things worse. If you are in fact the stand-on vessel in a crossing situation, it is your responsibility to maintain your course and speed. If the bigger guy is supposed to avoid you, and you drive a course like wet spaghetti, you may end up causing the collision! I'm currently driving a superyacht in congested waters, but am not restricted by my draft or ability to maneuver, so often find myself avoiding Lasers, J/24s, and scores of other small sailboats. I would encourage you to read the Navigation Rules book, which is probably already on your boat. Or you can click around a well laid-out, hyperlinked version posted by the Coast Guard here: www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=NavRulesAmalgamated. Rant over. David Kory Ambassador, Beneteau 51.5 Richmond David — Good to hear from you. You are correct that we went ahead and muddied the waters again by suggesting there was an actual 'tonnage rule' when , as you point out, no such rule exists. We were again playing it a little loose with the language. Driving on the right in England under the 'American Tourist Rule' could be a lighthearted comment with disastrous results. All sailors' knowing and following the Rules of the Road will maximize the fun, and minimize the stress and danger. for the clarification, and hope to see you soon.

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SIGHTINGS an el toro in the heart of the o Sailors know that everything looks better from the water. With that (among several) axioms in mind, I became obsessed with the idea of sailing an El Toro on Lake Merritt, which lies in the heart of Oakland. I used to live a few blocks from the lake, and would run its roughly three-and-a-half mile perimeter, back when running seemed like a good idea. I'd gotten to know the lake's many nooks and crannies — at least a dozen neighborhoods including tall buildings, old and interesting architecture, austere government façades, and a beach and grassy, shrubby parks. A tidal estuary and once part of San Francisco Bay, Lake Merritt has as many varied personalities as the city that grew around it over the last 170-ish years. Seeing the lake by boat — or rather, seeing the city from the lake — suddenly seemed as interesting to me as sailing outside the Golden Gate. And what better craft to explore the innards of the lake than the Bay Area-designed and lowest-tech vessel possible? I had no expectations of what the Lake Merritt Boating Center might be. It's big, well stocked and staffed, well organized, and run by the City of Oakland. All told, there's tons of sailing on Lake Mer-

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Clockwise from top left: A young couple stops in to rent a boat; when's the last time you took a sailing test?; there was a fair bit of rowing trafﬁc on the lake, but they stick to well-marked lanes; Charlotte Lenz sails an El Toro as part of a winter series; the Spanish Colonial/Art Deco Bellevue-Staten Building, with the Lake Merritt Boating Center in the foreground.

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coalescing the September is more than an entire season away from the New Year, and thus may seem like it's too early to nail down next year's racing schedule. But the folks at the Yacht Racing Association and Latitude 38 are already hard at work putting together the 2019 calendar. "Next year's racing season will be upon us sooner than later," says YRA chairman Don Ahrens. "Now is the time to begin compiling the 2019 calendar. Our goal this year is to complete the calendar process earlier than we have in the past in the hope that we can further minimize race conflicts and deliver a more enjoyable season to San Francisco Bay racers. Finishing the calendar process by mid-October will give yacht clubs the advantage of working with race

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ritt, from races attracting sailors from all over the Bay Area to kids learning to sail, and people like me stumbling across the obvious and well-established. At the front desk, I was asked if I had any sailing credentials. I do not, so I took a quick test, passed, and they sent me on my way. I tried to think how long it had been since I'd last sailed a dinghy — 15 years? 20? I'm not going to lie, I got a little nervous. Surely you're tempting fate when you claim to work for a reputable sailing publication and possess years of experience. I thought for the briefest of moments of all the things that could go wrong. My biggest fear after leaving the dock was, at first, just getting back. The wind came in sporadic puffs, if it came at all. But almost instantly, I had achieved one of my truisms. It was the sound. The droning traffic faded into a muffled echo on the water. It was the sound of distance. And the view — the hills were still and sublime, the buildings towering over the water. The lake, the farthest shore of which was never more than a mile away, had swallowed me. I had to laugh. This was no ocean or even a windy bay. It was just a tiny little lake, and it There were some fun little puffs to was perfect. The shores of Lake Merritt are be had up in this cove. well populated with picnickers, runners, dog walkers, weed smokers, families, bikers, etc. It is quite possibly the most recreated shoreline I've ever seen, a truth I'd known since my running days. Running is what I used to do when I wasn't (or couldn't be) on the water. Running was a poor substitute for sailing, surfing, snowboarding or windsurfing, but at the same time mimicked some of these pursuits — being outside, exploring, exercising, challenging yourself. When the puffs did creep across the water, it was unexpectedly satisfying. After making infinitesimal headway, suddenly, the boat would activate, the daggerboard would bite, I could ease the boat to weather and was screaming along at 2.5 knots. Then the inevitable lull would follow. I've recently learned (or relearned) the lessons windless-ness can teach: Nothing to do but relax, sit back, and enjoy the sound and the view. There's nothing that demands your attention. You're free, if not encouraged, to let your mind go blank. And then a puff again. It's amazing that after moments of nothing, seven knots of breeze is suddenly the most exciting thing that's ever happened to you. Your attention now required, you snap into sailing mode, making those tiny adjustments with your body weight, sheeting, and marveling at the sound an 8-ft pram makes plowing through the water. There was good wind as I headed toward Lake Chalet, and I was able to sail all the way to shore. A gondola (sans a singing gondolier) was making its way back to the docks there as I jibed away and headed back toward Adams Point, or the "parky" part of the lake. My hour was (miraculously) almost up, but the puffs kept coming through and I was having too much fun. This would be the axiom I was left with — the most obvious one of all. Sailing, no matter where, on what, or in what conditions, is a crazy amount of fun. The Lake Merritt Boating Center rents El Toros, Sunfish, Capri 14s and Hobie Waves. Call (510) 238-2196 for hours and rates. All deposits and rentals are strictly cash only. — tim September, 2018 •

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and flag officers who have run races over the last year or more. This way we can avoid issues like the changing of flag officers. New flag officers need time to learn and digest information about a club's racing activities." Outgoing flag officers have a wealth of knowledge but are often less available after leaving the flag. "And then there's the holiday season, which impacts all of us," points out Ahrens. "The YRA and Latitude 38 will publish a set of deadlines in the next couple of weeks. We will include deadlines for the clubs' racing schedules and deadlines for the advertising that will be included in the Northern California Sailing Calendar and YRA Master Schedule. "There's a lot of competition for rac-

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ers with more than 800 races each year. Therefore, it's important that yacht clubs work with the YRA and with each other to minimize conflicts. Some clubs have worked at thinning their race schedules, removing races that have fallen out of favor and are no longer well attended. All clubs could benefit from analyzing their races to see if any thinning can be done. Try to think more broadly about the race season and discuss not only the club's needs but the needs of racers, especially members who race consistently." Active racers compete in regattas put on by their own clubs, other clubs and organizations like BAMA, SSS and the YRA. Don points out that "Running too

Scenes from the departure of the 'Hikianalia', which left from Honolulu on August 18 on her way to San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit.

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The Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS), which will take place in San Francisco September 13-14, is a celebration of climate action, and a launchpad for deeper worldwide commitments to protecting the environment. The two-day Summit has an impressive list of powerful, influential and inspirational attendees, but no one is traveling as far, or with as low-carbon a footprint, as the crew of Hikianalia. The Hawaiian voyaging canoe and floating classroom Hikianalia set sail on August 18 from Sand Island, Honolulu, bound for San Francisco and the GCAS. Her departure marked the official launch of the Aluhula Kai O Maleka Hikianalia California Voyage, which is a continuation of the "Malama Honua" campaign — started by the Hikianalia's sister canoe, the famed Hokulea that was launched in 1975 by the Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) — which is meant to inspire action toward an environmentally and culturally thriving world. Though Hikianalia's departure was delayed three weeks due to weather (she managed to avoid Hurricane Lane before it swept past the islands), the canoe is expected to arrive in the Bay on September 16 to a welcome ceremony at Aquatic Park. Hikianalia and her 13 crew members will make the 2,800-mile passage in approximately 30 days. While any ocean voyage is an undertaking most people in the world will never make, even fewer will do so without a GPS or modern navigational instruments (most of us can't get to Starbucks without modern navigational instruments). But that's part of what makes Hikianalia and the PVS endeavors so special. Using the sun and the stars, they can get pretty precisely from Point A to Point B. Or in this case, Honolulu to latitude 38. The Hikianalia and her crew aren't just bringing a message of caring for the oceans and Island Earth — they are the message. Powered by wind and sun, taking water samples and tagging garbage as they sail, Hikianalia represents the type of integrative, collaborative and powerful thinking we hope that leaders at the GCAS see as integral to finding solutions and adaptations to climate change. In addition to Hikianalia's arrival at the Summit, Polynesian Voyaging Society president and navigator Nainoa Thompson has been invited by California Gov. Jerry Brown to speak on one of the Summit's five main "challenge areas:" Land and Ocean Stewardship (other areas include Healthy Energy Systems, Inclusive Economic Growth, Sustainable Communities and Transformative Climate Investments). Thompson is known for being the first Hawaiian to practice long-distance wayfinding since the 14th century; he learned the ancient art from Mau Piailug, a Micronesian navigator from the island of Satawal. Thompson has spent the last 40 years teaching not only the ways of Polynesian navigation, but also the principles of respect for the ocean and the Earth. The overall goal of the Aluhula Kai O Maleka Hikianalia California Voyage is to connect, learn and share the Malama Honua message with schools and communities in California. The PVS hopes that this voyage will help to develop the next generation of voyaging captains, navigators and crewmembers; as well as to share the story of Hikianalia, a canoe that blends ancient wisdom and modern solutions to address the environmental and cultural issues of today. After San Francisco, Hikianalia's California Voyage will continue south along the coast to San Diego, before returning to Hawaii in December. (Updates can be found on at www.pvs-hawaii.com.) On their website, the PVS writes: "We dedicate this sail to all of the vibrant California-based communities of Hawaii islanders who have represented the heart and soul of Hawaii for over 150 years. We also celebrate the many island-continent relationships that reflect a shared vision for a sustainable Island Earth, a thriving future for our children, and a global consciousness towards human kindness. This sail in the fall of 2018 is critical as we develop younger generation leadership and prepare for an unprecedented trans-Pacific voyage

2019 calendar

SIGHTINGS — continued many races can result in race committee fatigue." Flag officers and race committee volunteers can get burned out and lose interest. "We've seen this happen at a couple of clubs this year. "A yacht club's race committee is one of its most valuable assets. Because it's difficult to build and maintain a race committee, we'd like to encourage clubs to start recruiting for volunteers now. Schedule a recruitment party or BBQ, invite current race officers and race committee members, and get the word out to club members." We would add that volunteers can be encouraged to come from outside the continued in middle column of next sightings page

voyaging — continued starting in 2020." Hikianalia was built in 2012 in Auckland, Aotearoa (New Zealand), by Dieter Paulmann, and is modeled after a vaka moana. The wa'a, or canoe, combines the latest ecological technology with the heritage of voyaging tradition. Each of her hulls contains an electric motor powered by onboard photovoltaic panels that convert sunlight to electric propulsive energy. She is 72-ft with a 23-ft beam, and has a zerocarbon footprint. Hikianalia is the Hawaiian name for the star Spica. We're looking forward to visiting Hikianalia and the crew while she's in the Bay. Maybe her voyage will inspire more sailors — many of whom are already ditching their diesels for electric motors — to arrive at the next Global Climate Summit powered by only the sun and wind (but we'll forgive them if they use a GPS). No need to buy carbon offsets when you arrive on a Hawaiian voyaging canoe. You can follow the Alahula Kai O Maleka Hikianalia California Voyage on Facebook and Instagram: @hokuleawwv — hannah arndt

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SIGHTINGS tips & travails of taking on crew With the fall cruising season about to begin, dozens of West Coast boat owners are pondering the thorny question of whether to take on extra crew — especially for offshore passages. As experienced cruisers know, it's an issue worthy of careful consideration, as the choices a skipper makes can dramatically enhance the ease, safety and overall enjoyment of his trip, or pepper it with annoyance. Generally, we subscribe to the 'more-the-merrier' school of thought, but with a few important caveats. In theory, adding one or more capable watchstanders to your crew list should lighten the workload of the original crewmembers and allow everyone to get more sleep — factors that usually contribute to smiling faces and boatwide camaraderie. But it's crucially important to choose crew carefully, ideally after getting to know them in advance, out on the water. What makes an ideal crew member? In our experience, the most important attributes a candidate can have are an upbeat attitude and willingness to jump in and help out with whatever needs doing, be it standing watch in the rain at 3 a.m., dowsing sails on a slippery forecontinued on outside column of next sightings page

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2019 calendar club, can get hooked on the scene, and end up joining the club. The YRA is planning to work with clubs to hold a set of workshops this fall and early next year for new race committee volunteers. "We will send notices about the workshops to YRA members, and the dates will also be published in Latitude 38," says Don. "We've seen racer participation increase in the last couple of years after many years of decline. We'd like to see this trend continue, and to do so we all have to work at building a great season for San Francisco Bay racers. Please consider finalizing your racing plans a little earlier this year and working more closely with the broader racing community." — chris

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LATITUDE / JOHN

About 50 volunteers gathered at Richmond YC on the morning of August 23 for a brieﬁng before Race 6 of the I-14 Worlds (see Racing Sheet on page 108). And this is just one day of a two-week regatta. Most but not all of the folks you see here are RYC members. Some took vacation days from jobs in order to volunteer. There are many duties on the water, but also on shore.

LATITUDE / ANDY

During the 2009 Baja Ha-Ha, the crew of Mike Joyce's Alameda-based Catalina 36 'Interlude' adopted Where's Waldo? as their theme. The two young crew, center, were recruited via 'Latitude's Crew List. Both of them later got rides to Tahiti via contacts they made on the rally.

deck, or helping out in the galley. Of course, highly experienced sailors have an obvious advantage, but many skippers would rather recruit an eager beginner that he can train to follow his personal sailing style, than take on a know-it-all who will critique every decision the skipper makes. Again, getting to know potential crew during a daysail or two would be a wise investment of any skipper's time. Probably the most important tip we can share — whether you're looking for crew or looking for a ride — is for all concerned to lay out their expectations clearly, long before they throw off the docklines: What responsibilities will each crew have? What boat expenses will crew be expected to share? How will watches be organized? What's the boat's policy on drinking while underway (most boats sail 'dry' while at sea). And single women seeking crew positions should make it abundantly clear up front that they are not looking for romance, if that is the case. Having assisted with several medical emergencies during Baja Ha-Ha and Pacific Puddle Jump rallies, we think it's wise to require all new crew to provide a list of prescription drugs that they are taking, as well as a doctor's note (or a standard physical form) clarifying that they are fit enough The equator-crossing party aboard the Catalina to withstand the rigors of 440 'Fly Aweigh' during the 2010 Puddle Jump. offshore sailing. The two couples became friends on the Ha-Ha. It's a long-established maritime tradition — in many places codified in law — that boat captains are responsible for the welfare of all crewmembers they bring into a foreign country, including flying them home, if need be. So it's important that all of your crew bring enough money to pay for shoreside expenses, in addition to a valid air ticket out of the country where you expect them to depart. During the three decades that we've been reporting on cruisers, we haven't heard too many crew-nightmare stories, but there have been a few doozies. So you may want to ask for letters of reference from other skippers in order to put your mind at ease. If you're looking for a ride this fall, our advice is to, first, sign up with Latitude 38's online Crew List (www.latitude38.com), www.latitude38.com), and second, www.latitude38.com attend our Crew List Party: 6 p.m., Wednesday, September 5, at the Spaulding Marine Center in Sausalito. It's a mix-and-mingle cocktail party format, so you're likely to meet a lot of potential skippers in a short amount of time. To ensure that they remember you, bring a small stack of single-page sailing résumés — ideally, with your photo on them — that include related non-sailing skills such as mechanical ability, medical training or cooking talent. To get results, you'll need to swallow your shyness and be confidently proactive about introducing yourself. Don't bullshit about your experience. If you don't have much, emphasize that you are an energetic team player, who's eager for an opportunity to learn and fully participate. A good way to seal the deal — and ensure that a given boat is a good fit for all concerned — is to offer to help deliver the boat to San Diego. We wish both captains and crew the best of luck. — andy September, 2018 •

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SIGHTINGS rolex big boat series preview The day this magazine comes out, Friday, August 31, is also the final deadline to register for St. Francis Yacht Club's 2018 Rolex Big Boat Series. The regatta itself will be held on September 12-16. Four days of adrenaline-fueled racing on the wind-whipped waters of San Francisco Bay will be bracketed by five evening socials, such as Friday's famous Mount Gay Rum Party. "We have several former winners returning, and we're seeing great turnout in several classes, especially the J/105s, where we have 30 registered teams," says Jennifer Lancaster, StFYC's race director. The J/105 entry list includes Chris Perkins' Good Timin' crew, who sailed away in 2017 with the Commodore's Cup perpetual trophy (awarded to the winner of the regatta's largest one-design class); Bruce Stone and Nicole Breault's Arbitrage (Nicole currently tops the US Women's Match Racing rankings and just won the US Women's Match Racing Championship for the third time); and Phillip Laby's Godot, which won J/105 honors at the 2016 Rolex Big Boat Series. "I've raced in the fleet for over 15 years, and there's rarely a dull moment," says StFYC commodore Theresa Brandner, skipper of the J/105 Walloping Swede. "You definitely need boat speed and Bay smarts to be competitive," says Ryan Simmons, skipper of Blackhawk. "The courses are longer and will cross multiple tide lines in every leg; you need to be going the correct way, and if your speed is off you won't be able to hold a lane. Rolex Big Boat Series can get pretty windy and force some aggressive boat-handling maneuvers, so top crew work is important to avoid a meltdown." For the first time, the J/88s will have their own class, with eight boats signed up as of August 26. "We're very excited and looking forward to the competition of a one-design race — it will be a great debut on a big stage for the J/88 fleet," says Aya Yamanouchi, skipper of the J/88 Benny. "It's an honor and opportunity to be able to participate in the Rolex Big Boat Series, and the Cityfront's big breeze is always a welcome challenge." Other one-design divisions this year include Pac52s and Express 37s. The J/120s are not expected to achieve the minimum number of entries to get their own class this year, but we see three of them signed up in ORR C, along with three J/111s and three J/125s in ORR B. Sportboats can also be found in ORR B. The multihulls appear to be giving the regatta a pass this year. The J/70 fleet, which competed in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017, will be absent; their World Championship will be held on September 22-29 in Massachusetts. Among the entries in ORR A is Dave MacEwen's Santa Cruz 52 Lucky Duck. MacEwen and his crew took top honors in this spring's California Offshore Race Week on May 25-June 2, and in StFYC's Aldo Alessio and Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure regattas on August 1719. MacEwen admits that the boat is primarily set up for offshore work, but he and his crew have been re-configuring her for the shorter course racing of Rolex Big Boat Series. "Big Boat Series always brings out the best teams and boats," says MacEwen. "Last year, the racing was tight, with only a few points separating the top boats. We had great boat-for-boat racing with Elyxir and Deception, the other Santa Cruz 50/52s. We're looking forward to all of it," he says. "The racing is fantastic and StFYC puts on great parties." As of press time, four of the Bill Lee-designed SC50/52s were signed up. A veritable legion of volunteers (see Sightings pages 66-69) will lend a hand to the race committee. The father-and-son team of Peter and Anderson Reggio will again serve as Principal Race Officers. Those not racing or working might consider spectating. The views from the seawall between StFYC and Golden Gate YC, from the waveorgan spit beyond GGYC, from Pier 39, or, on the other side, from expansive Crissy Field are some of the best of any urban waterfront. Longtime locals such as ourselves must remind ourselves not to take continued on outside column of next sightings page Page 70 •

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the fall crew party Latitude 38's Fall Crew Party will return to Spaulding Marine Center in Sausalito on Wednesday, September 5, from 6 to 9 p.m. If you're Baja-bound, this is the party for you, but we also welcome those who 'just' want to go sailing on San Francisco Bay. Because this party is part of the leadup to the Baja Ha-Ha, Chief of Security Doña de Mallorca will be on hand to answer questions about the 25th annual cruising rally from San Diego to Cabo. Latitude 38 editor at large and former Assistant Poobah Andy Turpin, plus

SIGHTINGS other editors, will be there too. Representatives from Mexico's Marina El Cid, Marina Riviera Nayarit and Paradise Village will attend, as well as reps from the Mariners General, Novamar and Pantanius insurance companies and the Satellite Phone Store. Sales of wine, bottled water and Lagunitas ales will benefit Spaulding's educational programs. Color-coded name tags will aid in identifying crew or skippers who match your interest. An appetizer buffet is included in the price of continued in middle column of next sightings page

rbbs preview — continued these views for granted, and a major regatta such as Rolex Big Boat Series is a perfect opportunity to take out the family — and the camera. Depending on currents, fleets short-tack in close to the Cityfront or jibe down it; sails slapping in the wind and crews shouting to be heard over the noise create a soundtrack to accompany the visuals. The final race each day finishes downwind right in front of the StFYC clubhouse on the Marina Green. If you take your own boat out to watch the action, just be sure to steer clear of the race boats, keep your sails out of their wind, and avoid digging a big wake. Or, follow the racing from the convenience of your screen at www. rolexbigboatseries.com. We'll have updates on 'Lectronic Latitude and a complete report in the October issue of Latitude 38. — chris

The corn is a-poppin' on the waters of San Francisco Bay as the J/111s and Farr 40s tack up the Cityfront in the 2017 Rolex Big Boat Series.

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SIGHTINGS young people, old boats With a flotilla of aging and indestructible plastic classics sitting in West Coast marinas, it always warms our heart to see young people breathe new life into old boats. "We're doing exactly that," said Jos Cocquyt, a longtime sailor, avid kitesurfer and recent Bay Area transplant, who, along with three friends — all of whom are engineers like Jos — bought the 1976 Santana 30 Electra about a year ago. "It's so easy for an old boat to get washed up, but we're putting in the work. She's a good looking boat, she sails really well, and she's actually relatively updated." Jos said that he and his partners could have afforded a higher-end vessel, but liked Electra's simplicity and spunkiness. "We went sailing on a [popular production 34-footer] but it just wasn't our style." continued on outside column of next sightings page

Clockwise from top left: Anne Cocquyt takes a swim off 'Electra' at China Cove; Nick Hadlock helms on a fun-looking day; Yezin Taha keeps an eye on the spinnaker; the Santana 30 in all her brightly-colored glory; Jos tests the grill (and the beer holder) while at anchor; a kiting friend swoops by 'Electra' to say hello.

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admission: $ with photo ID); cash only, please. Officially registered 2018 Baja Ha-Ha skippers and first mates get in free. Latitude 38 will have logowear on sale including sweatshirts and fleece beanies, and try your luck in our door prize drawing — you might win a hat or T-shirt. The Crew Party will be preceded from 4 to 5:45 p.m. by a free Mexico Cruising Seminar put on by Dick Markie of Paradise Village and Geronimo Cevallos of Marina El Cid. When arriving for the

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seminar, please observe all posted Parking/No Parking signs and City of Sausalito parking regulations. Parking is not allowed in the Clipper Yacht Harbor lots including the Fish Restaurant lot. If you arrive at 6 p.m. or later, afterhours parking is available in the Bank of Marin, Marina Plaza and Heath Ceramics lots. Please observe posted hours for each lot. We look forward to seeing you at Spaulding on September 5! — chris

The partners had varying levels of experience. Nathan Hadlock had done some racing, but Nick Foster and Yezin Taha were not sailors when they took on the Santana — but they've been learning the ropes. " sails like an overgrown dinghy, which is good for the newbies. I think it's a good boat for everybody." The partners have been cruising out of South Beach Yacht Club, and go for a sail several times a week. Nick and Yezin recently went on their first overnight trip to Oakland. "I've been sailing since birth pretty much," said Jos, who was born and raised in Belgium. "My dad had a 26-footer that we kept on the Belgium coast. They would go sailing when I was five weeks old and throw me in the V-berth." Jo's family also had a 32-ft monohull, and cruised as far as Norway one summer. Jos grew up in Optis and said he eventually got "pretty immersed in the world of boatbuilding in Europe" through his father's business, which specialized in high-tech composites and built multihulls and maxis. "As a kid, I was always meeting these famous French sailors." When he was 15, Jos moved with his father to Stuart, Florida, which he called a quiet town with a custom sportfisher boatbuilding tradition. Jos had a beat-up old Hobie Breathing new life into an cat "that was on the beach at the end of the old boat, Jos Cocquyt is street." After high school, he worked for his stoked to be back in nondad building custom yachts and catamarans. kiting form on the water. His parents eventually lent Jos the money to buy his own boat, a Pearson 33 (working in the business, Jos was able to buy wholesale supplies). Jos enjoyed living on the boat in south Florida in a place surrounded by millionaires. "From Stuart, you can sail to West Palm and all of these cute little islands — it's a party scene on the water." Jos eventually went cruising to the Bahamas and the Florida Keys, before deciding that he wanted to get away from the grind of boatbuilding. His Pearson became his "college fund," and he studied aerospace engineering. Jos got his start designing unmanned air vehicles. "But when I lived in SoCal, I missed engaging with the water. I picked up kitesurfing on vacation, but found it hard to learn. In SoCal, you can't really plan on going kiting. So eventually I quit my job and went on a classic kite safari around the world and got better." He said when it was time to come back to the real world, he wanted to live somewhere windy. The Bay Area was an obvious place. "The kiting here is awesome." But Jos was also missing sailing. His parents left Florida for Maine, and he spent time on vacation cruising with his wife and friends on Penobscot Bay. Not long after the partnership of four coalesced about a year ago, Jos tore his ACL during one of the first days of the season at the Pismo Beach Kitexpo. "I was out for the season and I thought, 'I'm going to go crazy.'" Suddenly, there was an urgency to find a boat. Jos said one of his priorities (if not his primary one) was to find a boat that did not have an Atomic 4 gasoline engine (Jos said he had some bad experiences, and ripped an Atomic 4 out of his Pearson). Whatever boat the group settled on, it would have to have a diesel. That led them to Electra, which they picked up for $9,000. But an old boat is more than a value or a set of technical parameters. It's also the tradition. "She has a classic look," Jos said. "Like an IOR boat; that champagne-glass, bulbous-belly — or tumblehome — shape." Jos and his wife Anne have been enjoying overnighting at Angel Island, with the rest of the gang "just cruising around; booze cruising. They're all engineers, and everyone has their own strengths," Jos said. "The whole group is really hands-on." — tim September, 2018 •

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manager said: "I understand BCDC is concerned about the provision for public access to pathways; Mr. Sanders currently provides access to designated BCDC trail areas not under construction; However, in yet-to-be developed areas . . . the presence of construction equipment, piles of building materials and open trenches would obviously not be safe beyond the barricaded areas." In their April letter to Latitude, the BCDC said, "Should BCDC simply ignore [Mark Sanders] willful violations of the permit that he signed?" A similar query was posed to us in a March phone call with the BCDC's chief counsel and regulatory director. They asked, "Do we think that someone should be allowed to 'break the rules?'" Obviously, no one can say that they're in support of "breaking the rules," but we need to step back and ask: Are the rules fair and evenly applied? And, what are the rules trying to achieve? We realize that the process of writing and enforcing environmental regulations is complex, and there may be some minutiae that seem absurd to the layperson. Certainly, if we're talking about coal plants that are potentially belching unfiltered smoke into the air, the letter of the law is critically important. But that's not what we're talking about here. In the case of Westpoint, the BCDC never alleged that

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Last month, the state of California approved a request to audit the Bay Conservation Development Commission, or BCDC. Over the next several months, an independent, nonpartisan office will look into the BCDC's enforcement activities since summer 2016, when their Enforcement Committee was reactivated, as well as the BCDC's adherence to its founding mission of preventing Bay fill and providing public access. In a rare moment of agreement, the head of the BCDC and several business owners who have been at odds with the agency both said they're "looking forward to the audit." A June 29 letter that formally requested the audit — which was issued by Assemblymember Kevin Mullin, who represents a bipartisan coalition with three other state legislators — raised several serious complaints, including that BCDC staff acknowledged the permits they issue "are long, complex and difficult to comply with." The letter said that of the 10 cases brought to the BCDC Enforcement Committee since 2016, "minor alleged violations received the same consideration as serious violations that may cause serious harm to the environment. The current BCDC approach appears to involve alleging every possible permit violation, no matter how minor, and demanding penalties at the maximum $30,000 as allowed by current law. Permit holders are confronted with potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties." The letter went on to say that permit holders believe that BCDC staff inconsistently applied standards, lacked proper record keeping, and often "moved the goal posts" by adding new requirements after permittees had already worked to satisfy previously set standards."Most troubling," the letter said, "is that permittees have expressed their concern about 'going on the record' for fear of BCDC retaliation." Like many of our readers, we support the founding mission of the BCDC, but also support many of the permit holders that have had conflict with the agency, particularly Westpoint Harbor. We're also looking forward to the audit. We believe in robust environmental protection, and we're horrified at the wanton gutting of the EPA and absurd rollback of commonsense regulations. We recognize that we live in a moment when contentious issues cause people to draw lines in the sand, choose their sides, close their minds, and focus only on winning. We don't want to perpetuate that kind of tribalism. But we believe in outcomes more than rules and regulations, and we believe that Westpoint Harbor has been good for sailing and access and the environment — it should be considered a win for everyone involved. We said as much in a March editorial, to which the BCDC responded the following month. They said that Westpoint CEO Mark Sanders' most egregious alleged violation was that he had "broken his contract by refusing to provide over a quartermillion square feet of public access areas and specified public access improvements he promised to provide when he signed his permit." We don't believe that this is a fair statement. Before the construction of Westpoint, the property where the marina now stands was a "bittern pond," or an area full of the toxic remnants from salt production, It contained no public trails or shoreline, and because of the lack of habitat, very little wildlife. Mark Sanders had planned to open public access at Westpoint in phases as soon as construction of certain areas was complete. But Sanders said that the BCDC wanted to open public access before completion (or before it was even physically possible), and before Redwood City, the lead agency in charge, felt the areas were safe. In a May 2011 letter to the BCDC, the Redwood City Planning Department

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ronment or blocking people from the Bay, that needs to be unearthed. And if permittees are afraid to speak out for "fear of retaliation" from a government agency, that needs to be called out as well. These enforcement actions have made for decades of litigation and very real financial and emotional costs. People need to be held accountable. What's more, we believe the BCDC's recent enforcement actions have posed a threat to the most important tenet of their founding mission in providing public access to the Bay. We also have an existential disagreement about what "access" means. They proudly point out, "The Bay shoreline is now fringed by hundreds of miles of trails, parks, beaches, promenades and restoration projects." We believe that when considering access, the BCDC is dangerously equating paths and promenades with marinas, boatyards and docks. The staff at Assemblymember Mullin's office told Latitude that there was a dramatic disconnect in what was being alleged by BCDC and what a site visit actually revealed. If you've heard stories about egregious violations at Westpoint Harbor (or any of the businesses involved in disputes with the BCDC) then we recommend that you have a look for yourself. Take a walk around the harbor, chat with a few boat owners, and ask yourself if Westpoint Harbor is a worthwhile outcome.

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Sanders was dumping toxic material into the water or building unsafe buildings and docks. In fact, in their letter to us, BCDC's executive director said the slew of violations leveled against Westpoint "have nothing to do with how Mr. Sanders promotes clean boating, is committed to the harbor's tenants, and operates the marina in what appears to be an environmentally sound manner." To us, this seems to concede that the final product at Westpoint has been a success. The outcome has been positive, despite a disagreement over the way and timeframes in which the rules were followed. Assemblymember Mullin's letter also said that, "Some permit holders perceive BCDC staff as motivated by a desire to obtain the biggest fine possible with punitive enhancements, rather than achieving a result that is best for the environment and the public good. They describe unwillingness on the part of BCDC staff to look at the big picture and negotiate for those outcomes." We hope that the audit is a chance for the BCDC to take a step back and ask themselves what goals they're working toward, and why they've pursued what seem, from our perspective, like Draconian measures. But we also hope that there's a reckoning. We hope the audit gets to the bottom of allegations on all sides. If people are violating their permits and causing harm to the envi-

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ay back in the mid-1700s, when the first European explorers stumbled onto Tahiti and her sister isles, the vast region we now call French Polynesia began to earn its reputation as an exotic 'paradise on earth' populated by friendly, bronze-skinned people who lived in harmony with their lush volcanic is-

Stylin' in the islands. New Zealander Deyell Cameron of the Beneteau 41 'Boombox' had an all-family crew.

lands and the bountiful lagoons that surround them. Given such descriptions, it's no wonder that still today the five archipelagos that make up this French Overseas Territory remain high on the must-see lists of cruising sailors all over the world. We're happy to report that hundreds of them realize that dream every spring by making the Pacific Puddle Jump passage — a loosely formed cruising Circumnavigators Ross and Jo Blackman of 'Sojourn II' demonstrate the ease of their doubleheadsail 'TradeWinder' rig off Moorea.

rally that we've been promoting and reporting on for more than 20 years. As in years past, this year's Pacific Puddle Jump fleet set sail for French Polynesia from a variety of ports along the West Coast of the Americas — the first departing in mid-February and the last shoving off in late May. Among the 210 registered boats, at least two sailed directly from San Francisco, while one left from Chile, several left from Ecuador, and a half dozen left from Hawaii, which is rare. In all, the fleet hailed from homeports in 20 different countries. Given such variations, it's tough to generalize about the sailing conditions encountered by this year's fleet. But based on the reports we received, it's safe to say that many boats were blessed with more consistent winds and less onboard drama than in many previous years — this seems especially true regarding the boats that set sail from Mexico. (Every year, the most popular jumping-off points are Banderas Bay, Mexico, and Balboa, Panama.) As an example, the Oregon-based Hylas 49 Hylite had a dream trip that any passagemaker would envy: "We had a good, quick passage — better than we expected. We left La Cruz on a strong Norther out of the Sea of Cortez and transitioned seamlessly to solid northeast trades about three days out, which was wonderful. We had solid, consistent wind all the way to the ITCZ. "We went a bit further west in the NE trades than most and it worked out well. We motored for 34 hours in the ITCZ and crossed the equator at 131°W. We picked up the SE trades (which were actually running E to NE at that time), just below the equator, and had a beam

to broad reach all the way to Hiva Oa. Our passage time was 18 days and 11 hours." At the opposite extreme, the Victoria, BC-based Roberts 44 AfterMath was forced to endure a miserably slow passage after she lost her hydraulic steering and her crew was forced to steer with the emergency rudder from within the

"Another surprise was how little fuel we used. We had wind almost the whole way across the doldrums." aft cabin — with no forward visibility. But many fleet members monitored her progress via HF radio and both Cool Change and Harkequin diverted to give her much-needed water. Aftermath eventually reached Nuku HIva safely. Another boat caused even greater concern among fleet members — and Coast Guard rescue personnel. Shaun Young and a friend left Hilo, Hawaii, bound for the Marquesas on May 10 aboard the 29-ft sloop Windweaver, expecting to cover that 1,900-mile distance in about 20 days. When they didn't, Young's family became concer ned. The Coast Guard's JRCC Honolulu got involved, as did several South Pacific net controllers, but Windweaver's whereabouts remained a complete mystery until the two men finally made landfall at Hiva Oa June 21 — 43 days after departure. "I am so sorry to have worried everyone," Shaun wrote us after arrival." He explained that after angling to the SE from Hilo, they turned south and "the boat took a hell of a beating," which damaged the roller furling system, and broke both the bowsprit stay and the port aft shroud. Later, they came dangerously close to running out of water. Although they survived the ordeal, their situation was not helped by the fact that the little sloop was equipped only with a VHF radio; no SSB or satellite communication devices.

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Mid-ocean respite. Giselle Miller of the Hans Christian 38 'Sedna' celebrated crossing the equator with a dip in the deep blue sea.

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ask one member of the crew to 15° N leave the boat at our first port, Routes of the Nuku Hiva." Paciﬁc Puddle Jumpers Platina II — "Having left from Panama, the coolness of the Humboldt Current was a surprise. The nights were cool enough to wear jackets, and the nutrient-rich water left a slimy 0° slick and gooseneck barnacles on the hull. Wildlife was present every day — lots of birds, dolphins, fish, whales, certainly more than we saw crossing the Marquesas Atlantic. In the South Pacific, we saw less trash floating than Panama > we expected. We were pleasantly surprised by being disconnected 15° S from the news, and we gained a much higher level of confidence than girls consumed those in the first week expected. and none went bad. "We expected squalls but had none. "Other surprises were that we made it We were surprised by how inaccurate in 22 days. And how much we used the GRIB files (GFS model) were until spinnaker. We were glad to have it." we reached 5°S, when TaDa! — "We had no surprises. It was they became more acpretty much exactly as everyone had told curate." us it would be: nice trade winds, great Sedna — "We did weather, nothing too rough, the occanot expect the downsional squall, and some small running wind sailing to be so repairs along the way." uncomfortable. We had Tioga — "We expected the trade winds great wind for the first to arrive sooner and be more steady. The 10 days, but needed first two thirds of the trip involved more to go dead downwind, sail changes, playing the angles to which made living maintain boat speed and keep the sails down below unbear from flogging. We also naively imagined able at times. Cooking the strong trades that eventually filled underway was sur in would be more peaceful, rather than prisingly hard, with the roller coaster ride it was for our final food and utensils flying three to five days in the Northern Hemiaround. We also had a sphere. "On the plus side, crossing the dolharder time than andrums was less intense than anticipatticipated enjoying the ed. A few minor squalls, one just enough journey because we were so worried about to fill our water tanks, then nine hours breakdowns." of calm and we were through!" Banyan — "The bigUno Mas — "Expected much worse gest surprise was how conditions. But we motored more than little of our supplies we anticipated: 8 days of 23." ate and how well our Temujin — "On our trip up from Panfresh veggies and fruit ama, we were on the wind far more than lasted, thanks to the expected. But we made better time than techniques of many expected. We encountered a 1.5-knot who came before and counter current at 2°S. There were more shared their advice. We fish in the open ocean than anticipated arrived in Atuona, Hiva and we came within sight of more boats Oa, after 22 days and than expected — all fishing." still had fresh limes, carrots, cabbage, eggs Long passages are often a balance and jicama. But we of highs and lows. What were some of could have tripled our the high points, or low points, of your supply of 50 oranges crossing? and 30 apples. The Banyan — "High point: Departure COURTESY SEDNA

experience differ from the expectations you had before the trip? Were there any surprises? Cool Change — "We weren't prepared for the violent movement of the boat during high-wind days. But we were happily surprised by the degree of variation in wind patterns, currents and sea states along the way. We thought it might be monotonous, but it wasn't. "Another surprise was how little fuel we used. We had wind almost the whole way across the doldrums." Imagination — "We had light winds for the first week and I learned to be happy to be making only six knots. But the last two days the wind was more than 30 knots and I was very happy to slow the boat to less than six knots." "The critical element of making sure that the crew is fully compatible. I had to

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Crewman Chase Jackson shows off the remains of his catch aboard the vintage Hunter 31 'Sea Casa' — one of the smallest boats in the ﬂeet.

day — actually leaving after all that prep! And, a 169nm 24 hr run! "Low point: A 10-foot-long rip along the foot of the genoa on day 16 after the furling line parted from the drum in a squall. "Generally, I got sick of constantly moving, never getting enough sleep, spilling things, and whacking myself constantly. Generally, high points came close after the lows — usually associated with a sunrise, a pod of dolphins or a clear, star-filled night. "A daily high point was talking to other boats via SSB and also emailing the boats that were close to us. Happily, we had three other boats, all good friends, who left on almost the same day. We all managed to be no more than a few hundred miles apart and communicated via email daily. This was a huge help to our morale." Cool Change — "Crossing the equator was a high point. It happened on a lovely, clear day with moderate winds and calm seas, and felt like a huge milestone. "The low point was when Cindy was thrown down the companionway stairs twice in a row during heavy seas." Chariba — "A high was spinnaker sailing a thousand miles from the nearest shore in the company of seabirds. Lows were getting becalmed where we expected trade winds, the big swells from northern storms that seemed to stay with us most of the trip, and sleep deprivation." Imagination — "The highlight for me was being far from land and light on a clear, moonless night. The stars were so bright that the lower ones looked like nearby anchor lights." Page 78 •

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Miss Tilly — "The high points were the unending horizons during the day, and stars that went from horizon to horizon, disappearing into the sea, at night. The beautiful sunrises and sunsets were also great. We also particularly liked the thought that we were thousands of miles from any land; it was a unique feeling! "The lows centered around one very bad crew member!" Platina II — "A high point was coming to the realization that we have a high level of hope and appreciation for how incredible this beautiful planet is, especially during this time of turbulent politics. Other highs included arriving at the spectacular island of Fatu Hiva, and surfing the boat down ocean waves. "A low point was when the wind was light and the cross swell left us thrashing the sails and the rig, which tested everyone’s patience." Sedna — "Highs included stopping at San Benedicto (280 miles off the Mexican mainland), and doing some epic diving while waiting for a weather window to make the Pacific crossing. "Another high was swimming across the equator! It was flat, calm doldrums the day we crossed, so we stopped the engine, threw out the swim ladder, took saltwater showers and swam around the boat. "Lows included cooking and doing dishes. When I heard that a friend brought paper plates and boil-a-bag meals for the entire passage, I almost died. I cooked most days, and did not enjoy any of it. One particular low was the day I tried to bake bread. Two words: flour explosion! Another low was motoring for two days straight. But even worse was having a little bit of wind along with swells so large we couldn't keep the sails full." TaDa! — "We were fortunate in having a good crossing with relatively few problems. We enjoyed good weather, amazing sunsets, beautiful starlit evenings and great food from our onboard chef, Andrew. The incessant rolling when running downwind in light winds was probably the most frustrating part of the whole trip." Tioga — "The low point was when, on our first departure, the 3/4-inch-diameter bolt that held on all four lower shrouds sheared off, leaving LATITUDE / ANDY

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PACIFIC PUDDLE JUMP RECAP— us with an unsupported rig 120 miles from land. "High points were dropping all sails and sleeping for nine hours during a light-air patch in the doldrums, also crossing the equator, and the glorious sailing conditions in the southeast trades." Uno Mas — "Lows: We got beat up going SW from the Galapagos, motoring for two days into the wind and what seemed to be directly into two knots of current.

"Fatu Hiva is beyond belief, the most beautiful place we have ever been to!" (Uno Uno Mas is a 41-ft cat that doesn't like going into seas.) Odd, but boredom was a low as we used a code zero and genoa 90% of the trip, which required very little sail adjustment for days." Temujin — "High points: a 188-mile day, a two-knot favorable current for two days, a 419-mile spinnaker run, and landing two very large mahi-mahi. "Lows: Unfavorable winds from Panama City to the Galapagos, light winds with large swell nearing the Marquesas, and losing lots of fishing gear." Did you celebrate crossing the equator? If so, how? Banyan — "Cameron dressed up as When you see buffed, bare-breasted men and beautiful women in grass skirts, you'll know you have arrived. Inset: Six zeros at the equator.

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Do you remember the feeling you had when you first made landfall? Cool Change — "Relief, and an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment." Miss Tilly — "It was pretty emotional, since there were times we weren’t sure we would make it. In fact, since we had lost all of our power generation except our engine, fuel became the critical issue for generating power and, thus, also making water. We actually ran out of fuel 13 miles from Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva, so had to put the dinghy in the water at the mouth of the bay and tow the boat to the anchorage area in the middle of the night! We made it by the skin of our teeth!" Hylite — "Landfall in Hiva Oa was near midnight so we couldn't see any-

thing, but the sweet aroma of wet earth, tropical jungle, and fruit trees was powerful as we entered the bay at Atuona. When we woke in the morning the view and feeling of arrival was exhilarating." Platina II — "After we crossed the Atlantic, we each stated the first thing we smelled. One said cedar, one said grease, two said sewage (we will spare the name of the island). We did the same as we came around the corner of Fatu Hiva. We all smelled the most incredible, loamy, damp, nutrient-rich soil. The feeling was one of incredible accomplishment. It was life-affirming." Sedna — "Initially, our landfall seemed a little uneventful. But when the clouds cleared around the mountain that towered over Atuona, it really

hit us. " TaDa! — "We had a great feeling of accomplishment. Two years earlier we had set this crossing as our goal, and it was amazing to finally arrive in French Polynesia." T ioga — "We felt both excitement and nostalgia, as it felt like a chapter closing after 21 days of just the two of us being alone at sea. Unfortunately, we arrived around midnight and decided to heave-to until dawn, which meant keeping a careful eye on land which was so close!" Temujin — "We were very excited, and very clean, as our arrivals coincided with an incredible rain shower." Uno Mas — "We felt relief that a full nights sleep would finally happen. We'd done 3 hours on and 3 hours off the whole trip. We were a bit sad the trip was over." Yana — "We were glad to have arrived without any problems. Scenery at the Bay of Virgins in Fatu Hiva is beyond belief, the most beautiful place we have ever been to!" What advice would you give to future Puddle Jumpers? Banyan — "Just do it! Bring lots of spares, sail conservatively and pick your crew carefully. The largest dramas out there seemed to be breakdowns and crew issues. Having an SSB is fun and expands your horizon. You also get to chat with people you really never thought you might chat with." Cool Change — "Have dinner together every night as a way of checking in with each other. Be mentally prepared for a long journey. Keep good logs and/or journals because you will forget details otherwise." Chariba — "Prepare your boat well and bring lots of spares. We doublehanded, which worked out OK, but having a third hand would have meant getting eight hours of potentially uninterrupted sleep, which would have been huge." Imagination — "Take your boat out in less than ideal conditions and get to know how it responds. We have sailed our catamaran on numerous occasions in strong winds and large seas while in the US and Caribbean to learn how

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Neptune (egg crate beard, boat hook staff), Annie baked an 'Ecuador cake' and we had sparkling cider." Platina II — "Three men donned sequin wraps and sparkly tiaras, and made an offering to Neptune and Poseidon, and a toast of champagne while listening to Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills & Nash." Tioga — ""We drank a bottle of bubbles, took a quick dip, and ate bacon — and shared some with Neptune, too."

it responds. Although it wasn’t always comfortable, we had a good understanding of what to expect when confronted by similar situations that we could not avoid." Jade Akka — "Prepare well, be ready to manage breakages, and have fall-back plans in case vital things break." Platina II — "Consider getting a long-

The Edinger family had a great time crossing the puddle aboard their Cross 42 'Deﬁance'. Seen here, daughter Annie trims the chute.

stay visa before departing (which allows you to stay for up to a year). Have fun. At a random time of each day, one of us would say "phrase of the day." It was the first thing that came to mind. We wrote them in our logbook to embrace the things we saw, felt and heard. We also committed to learning three new French words and three new Spanish words every day. "Bring French Polynesian francs if you plan to stop at Fatu Hiva, as there is no bank machine at Baie des Vierges, and the magasin does not accept credit cards or any other currency. "Keep your ditch bag(s) and EPIRB in the cockpit — friends had a fire and could barely reach the EPIRB under the companionway steps, nor the ditch bags under the salon table. Read lots of books. Keep a journal. Don’t let the small stuff get to you. It can. Admire the color of the sea. Have a communication plan with someone on land: Text or email a daily position along with comments and thoughts. They are remarkably intrigued by the idea of sailing across an ocean. Text or email or SSB with fellow sailors for friendship and sometimes moral support. "Most importantly, don’t focus on an expected time of arrival until you can see your destination. When the GRIB files are inaccurate (and they can be), and the wind slacks, the disappointment is not September, 2018 •

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PACIFIC PUDDLE JUMP RECAP worth it. You either live on your boat at anchor, on a dock or at sea. Enjoy living on your boat at sea and try not to focus on what it will be like when you reach your destination. Carry plenty of anchor chain, as anchorages in the South Pacific are often deep. Trust your instincts. Embrace the sense of freedom." Sedna — "Learn some French! Don’t listen to other cruisers who tell you that you can get by without it — it is so worth it to learn some French basics. I wish I had taken lessons before leaving. "It’s really hard to prepare mentally for the marathon that this is. There’s really nothing that can prepare you for being uncomfortable in lots of swell for a month. Be aware before you leave that the term Coconut Milk Run doesn’t mean it will be comfortable. It might be easy sailing, but it can be chronically

on the way. Bring lots of music; our MP3 player stores 2,000 songs." Temujin — "Get a very large ocean fishing reel with lots of 100+ lb test line." Yana — "Do weather routing and try not to sail too close to the rhumbline: Sail south until you meet the trades. It saves a lot of fuel and is far more fun!"

uncomfortable. "Also, splurge and take occasional quick freshwater-rinse showers — it'll make you a new person on the water!" TaDa! — "Prepare for the worst, and hope for the best! Don't overstress it though, it's easier than you think." Uno Mas — "Time the first two weeks of weather for best conditions and constantly adjust for minimal wind/wave as you progress. We ended up crossing on 3°N, not 5° like most did. Take on more fuel than you expect to use. It's a blessing to have calm seas and motor downwind rather than getting beat up and unable to cook. "Have a satellite texter/email and access to multiple weather models. It's good to hear support from friends/family

e congratulate each and every sailor who made the crossing this year, all of whom now personify the phrase 'livin' the dream' for friends back home. As the 2018 PPJ fleet ponders where to sail next, yet another armada of tropical dreamers is now making preparations for jumping the puddle next spring. If you'd like to join them check out the PPJ website www.pacificpuddlejump.com. — latitude/andy

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From Mexico to French Polynesia Alexandra ......................Bavaria 37 ................... Stuart Corbett .................................. Amsterdam, NDL ........Puerto Vallarta 5/17........ Nuku Hiva 6/12 ..27 days ......3,000 nm.....130°W ... 101 hrs... 131 nm ......38 nm ......35 kt ....n/a .........Seam parted in headsail. Mainsail car snapped Banyan...........................Mason 43..................... The Vawter family ............................ Napa, CA ....................Puerto Vallarta 4/13........ Hiva Oa 5/4........22 days ......2,750 nm.....128°W .... 15 hrs.... 169 nm ......91 nm .....35 kts .....9...........rip in genoa Cool Change..................Pac Seacraft 31 ........... Rick & Cindy Patrinellis.................... Sausalito, CA ..............Puerto Vallarta 3/27........ Hiva Oa 4/23......27 days ......2,940 nm.....130°W .... 39 hrs.... 140 nm ......69 nm .....28 kts .....2...........head door problem, cockpit mic Charabia ........................F-P 38 cat .................... Mark & Helen Humphreys ............... Jacksosnville, FL.........Puerto Vallarta 2/24........ Hilo, HI 3/22 .......26 days ......2,797 nm .......n/a ....... 86 hrs........n/a ........... n/a.......... n/a........1 ..........(*second leg continued below) ...................................................................................................................................................................*Oahu, HI 5/1 ................. Rangiroa 5/20 ....19 days ......2,402 nm.....147°W .... 44 hrs........n/a ........... n/a.......... n/a......n/a .........saildrive seals failed, plua problems with autopilot, wind instrument, upper shroud, stitching on the bimini windows, fuel ﬁlter housing, frozen steering system pulley Hylite ..............................Hylas 49....................... Old Moon LLC ................................. Coos Bay, OR .............Puerto Vallarta 3/17........ Hiva Oa 4/3....... 18 days .....2,900 nm.....131°W .... 42 hrs.... 206 nm .....108 nm ....30 kts .....0...........topping lift chafed through at masthead, one freshwater pump failed (we had spare), chafe on spinnaker halyard but caught it before it broke Jade Akka ......................Bruce Roberts 542 ...... Thoms & Isabel Zwicker .................. Basel, SWZ .................La Paz n/a ...................... Hiva Oa n/a........21 days ......n/a...............135°W .... 18 hrs........n/a ........... n/a........32 kts .....2...........problems with nearly new and little-used Spectra watermaker Sedna .............................Hans Christian 38 ........ Clifton & Giselle Miller...................... Juneau, AK .................San Benedicto 3/16 ....... Hiva Oa 4/6........21 days ......2,700 nm.....128°W ... 100 hrs... 150 nm ......85 nm .....35 kts .....3...........reef line chafe

From Panama (or via Galapagos) to French Polynesia Platina II .........................Hylas 48....................... J David Greene & JC Lyons ............ Toronto, CAN ..............Las Perlas PAN, 3/21 ..... Fatu Hiva 4/17....27 days ......3,874 nm......87°W ..... 38 hrs ... 177 nm .....102 nm ....31 kts .....1...........lost 5 fishing lures and 2 spools of 50-pd test fishing line TaDa! ..............................Endeavour 40 .............. Dunbar Lewis & Joy Lewis .............. Fort Lauderdale, FL ....Galapagos 4/19 ............. Hiva Oa 5/12......23 days ......3,100 nm......89°W ...... 48 hr......160nm .....100 nm ....25 kts .....3...........shorted batteries, burst water pipe caused all our water to be pumped into bilge (fortunately happened at the end of the trip) Temujin ..........................Tartan 34 ..................... Kennon Jones & Eric Bihl ................ Annapolis, MD ............Panama City, PAN 5/19 . Hiva Oa 6/18......29 days ......4,056 nm.....100°W ..... 6 hrs..... 188 nm ......51 nm .....30 kts .....9...........small rip in heavy wind kite, bent spinnaker pole, broken jaw on whisker pole, one stanchion unbedded, gummed up steering bearing Kia Ora ...........................Beneteau 473 .............. John & Frances Garner ................... Fremantle, AUS...........Coronado, PAN 4/18 ...... Nuku Hiva 5/21 ..33 days ......4,042 nm......92°W .... 138 hrs... 154 nm ......79 nm .....36 kts .....5...........rivets failed on the boom that held the reefing lines, shackle on the traveller replaced

Other Routes Kokopelli........................Hylas 46....................... Brian Black & Mizzy Lewis............... Grn Cove Spgs, FL .....Caraquez, ECU n/a ........ Hiva Oa n/a........23 days ......n/a..................n/a ........ 8 hrs..... 170 nm .....120 nm ....28 kts .....0...........alternator drive belt Imagination....................Leopard 42 .................. John & Lorela Hess ......................... Annapolis, MD ............Caraquez, ECU 4/12 ...... Easter Is 4/28.....16 days ......2,369 nm......80°W ..... 65 hrs.... 173 nm .....118 nm ....39 kts .....5...........Downward facing escape hatch latches broke due to pounding seas; installed electric pump to evacuate water entering leaky hatch for the remainder of the voyage; repaired latches until hatch replacement at next haul out. Rivets broke on end cap of boom at the gooseneck due to the boom twisting in light winds and large seas. Repaired at sea. Miss Tilly........................Beneteau 45 ................ Richard Little.................................... Marina Del Rey, CA ....Marina Del Rey 3/5 ........ Nuku Hiva 3/31 ..27 days ......3,200 nm.....131°W .... 40 hrs.... 160 nm ......30 nm .....27 kts .....1...........Cummins genset failed after 20 hours of use. Watt & Sea hydro-generator holder deformed, allowing it to come out of mounting ﬁxture so it couldn’t be used. Fuel/battery/water-level instrument proved to be too inaccurate to use. Iridium Go stopped sending/receiving texts, didn’t allow emails and wouldn’t allow blog posts. Staysail furler broke apart. Page 80 •

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ince the birth of San Francisco, thousands of people have made their home aboard boats on Richardson Bay. The patchwork community is a mix of seasoned sailors and liveaboards, retirees, veterans, Bohemians, or people seeking an alternative lifestyle, and people living off the grid and on the fringes. Located in the nexus of several Marin municipalities, Richardson Bay is one of the few protected anchorages in the Bay Area. The longstanding community anchored off Southern Marin occupies what is by far the most controversial and complicated piece of water on the West Coast. Advocates of the anchor-outs say that artsy, salty sailors are both vital to the character of an increasingly gentrified, touristy, and expensive Sausalito, and one of the byproducts of the an overly expensive but culturally rooted place like the Bay Area (another byproduct being an increasing number of working poor and homeless). Critics of the anchorouts cite unsafe and unseaworthy boats, drugs and crime, while environmentalists have expressed concern that the ground tackle from the boats poses a threat to a delicate marine ecosystem, namely eelgrass.

In the last year, there has been slow, steady progress toward removing derelict vessels. The theory is to bring the anchorage closer toward a managed entity similar to the many mooring fields found around the country and world — though most of those ar eas are for transient boats; the fate of longterm residents on Richardson Bay has long been, and remains, in question. Some stakeholders, who've dealt with the issue for decades, say they've seen these types of steps taken before, only to have the status quo ultimately prevail. Other parties are reluctant to see a dramatic change — such as a well-managed mooring field — that they believe resembles the same kind of inevitable, expensive and gentrified wave overtaking the rest of the Bay Area. And other parties still would rather see no boats anchored out at all. Like we said, it's complicated, even taboo at times. We will always support sailing and sailors, marine business and unique, salty, non-homogenized communities, and we'll always advocate for safety and sound environmental protection. These are all goals championed by many of the competing stakeholders, but in the debate over the anchor-outs, some of these positions seem, at times, mutually exclusive. "To make Latitude's position clear: We think there's room on Richardson Bay for everyone — if everyone were

"We think there's room for everyone, if everyone is willing to compromise."

When talking about Richardson Bay, there are several jurisdictions to consider. The yellow lines represent city boundaries, the red line is federal, and the black line (from the tip of Angel Island) is the county border.

willing to compromise a little," wrote Latitude founder Richard Spindler in 2001, stating a belief that we still advocate. Every stakeholder needs to get at least a little of what they want, but in so doing, will have to give something up. "The thing that's holding the anchorage back are the polar extremes," said anchor-out Chad Carvey, who's been on the hook in Richardson Bay for three years. "There are the extreme people who say there should be no boats on the bay, and then people who say there should be no rules at all. If everyone clings to their extreme, we'll never fix it." Who's in Charge, and What Are the Rules? The Richardson Bay Regional Agency (RBRA) — which is responsible for the intersection of waters off Tiburon, Belvedere, Marin County and Mill Valley — is under new management. "The board is really working toward the goal of being safe, healthy and well managed," said Beth Pollard, the first-ever executive director of the RBRA, who was a city manager for over 20 years, and was hired to help turn Richardson Bay into a more

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Clockwise from top left: There are some funky, old boats on RIchardson Bay (with multi-milliondollar homes in Belvedere behind them; anchor-out Greg Baker; a boat washed ashore in Tiburon following a storm; anchor-out Adam Culbreth.

well-regulated anchorage. Last year, the City of Sausalito withdrew from the RBRA. "We believed that Sausalito would be more effective in managing our own waters, and shifted that responsibility and funding to the Sausalito police department and marine patrol," said Jill Hoffman, a Sausalito City Council member, and a sailor. "The withdrawl was born of a frustration of lack of enforcement on the water." In addition, Hoffman said, "The entire effort has been underfunded for so long; that's another reason we withdrew." Hoffman — who was a naval officer on active duty for seven years and currently serves as a reservist in the US Navy JAG Corps as an attorney — did the Baja Ha-Ha in the late '90s and cruised for a year, sailing through the Panama Canal an the Caribbean, and up to Newport, Rhode Island. She said, "Seeing different harbors and marinas in so many different countries informed my opinion about how harbors are best managed." The RBRA was founded in 1984 with

the intent of having one agency manage the entire bay. "But it had the opposite effect of taking away responsibility

from the municipalities," Hoffman said. "There are rules in place, but are they effective?" Both Hoffman and Pollard, and some anchor-outs, said there should be an RBRA-designated harbormaster with whom transient boats could make shortterm arrangements, and where longterm boats could theoretically register. That way, officials would know who's on Richardson Bay in what type of vessel, and make sure the vessels themselves are registered, seaworthy, and have the proper systems. At present, and technically speaking, every single boat anchored out in Richardson Bay for more than three days is considered illegal. We say technically because while there are laws on the books saying boats are restricted to a 72-hour stay, the status quo has been to tolerate boats anchored long term. "It's never been enforced because it's not enforceable," Chad Carvey said, referring to the fact that Richardson Bay is designated as a federal anchorage. Exactly what that means — like every facet of this issue — is open to debate. Hoffman said the designation only means "You don't have to have sound signals or lights if you're under 20 meters." According to the Cornell School of Law, Richardson Bay's federal designation still means that "Mariners anchoring in the special anchorage should consult applicable ordinances of the [RBRA] and the County of Marin." Hoffman went on to say that applicable California case law interpreting both state and federal statutes says that "limitless mooring in Richardson Bay by permaChad Carvey and his cat enjoy life on the hook.

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From left: Sausalito is also full of marinas and foggy hills; there's no denying the amount of ﬂoating junk in Richardson Bay; let's not forget that there's plenty of sailing going on off Southern Marin; the big, wet winter of 2017 saw lots of boats break free and wash up across the bay.

nently anchored residential-use boats" is considered "unauthorized bay fill." If you don't have the proper permits from responsible state agencies, then you're technically not allowed to be a longterm anchor-out. Since Sausalito withdrew from the RBRA, it has been working on a fourphase plan. Phase one involves removing "unoccupied marine debris." In many cases, these are not even technically boats, but floating, anchored objects. This phase also includes removing illegal or makeshift moorings. The City of Sausalito has said that they removed nearly 100 such 'objects' and derelict vessels since July. (A few marine businesses have told us that removing vessels from Richardson Bay is a bit like a game of Whac-A-Mole. As other marinas around the Bay Area crack down on their own anchor-out communities, the waters off Marin are one of the last havens. Most

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people acknowledge that boats have been removed, but many say that new boats are always arriving.) In phase two, Sausalito is removing unoccupied vessels used as storage. Phase three involves moving vessels that are occupied by persons who are dangerous to themselves and others. The final phase — and lowest priority — is "how to address the people living on Richardson Bay who are not a danger to themselves and others," Hoffman said. "These are people that have a navigable boat and a working sanitation system. We'll address that when we get to it, with input from the community, relevant state agencies and environmental groups." Who's Out There? Like any community, the anchor-outs are not a monolith. "A lot of people out there were like me: insane adventure types who want to be Bernard Moitessier," said Alaric Moore, who was anchored out on Richardson Bay for two years

on her Cal 34 MkIII. "I thought it was an interesting challenge, and I couldn't have afforded to live in the Bay Area otherwise." Moore said that living on the hook is not easy. "You're going through storms, you're rolling around, you're out in the elements. You have to haul your fresh water. I had a few friends out there who were all in their 20s. You also get these elderly men — some of them veterans with mental health issues or alcoholics. But they had experience on the water, and would go out there as a retirement option. Some of them are really interesting guys." Moore was candid about the drug contingent on Richardson Bay. "Then you have your meth heads, and you can kind of tell who's who." Moore said a friend of hers counted what some people call "dingbats," or hardcore drug users on the hook, and came to 32. But Alaric was careful to put the anchor-outs in context: "During the Gold Rush in the 1850s and '60s — after all of the gold had been got — there was a housing crisis and income disparity in the Bay, and people resorted to living on the water. Sound familiar? There are serious issues out there, but nothing is new." Chad Carvey estimates that there are currently about 150 boats on Richardson Bay, with roughly 110 being liveaboards. "There's a bunch of boats that are inbetween and don't have anyone living there, but they're owned by really good people." Carvey generally agreed with the RBRA and City of Sausalito that there's been a large reduction of boats in the last year — about 100 fewer vessels, he said. Carvey, who along with his wife Carolyn plans to go cruising soon, is part of an association of boats that "have higher standards than the Coast Guard requires." This 'dialed' group of anchorouts fly burgees designating their fleet. "There are a bunch of us who want good people who live on the water."

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Advocates for anchor-outs again urge relativism when considering waste. In 2015, the annual Beach Report Card from Heal the Bay noted three sewage spills from local municipalities in the Richardson Bay-Sausalito area that led to a beach closure last year. In other words, land-based pollution is often a bigger issue. One of the primary safety concerns is boats dragging or breaking free of their moorings in bad weather, which Richardson Bay can see its share of in the winter. A few years ago, Moore said it was blowing between 45 and 60 knots when she started to drag. "That ended my time there. Two of my friends also lost their moorings, 11 boats dragged, and a man died. That was a particularly strong storm." Alaric said she learned a hard lesson after she failed to whip a chafe guard onto her anchor rode. "Dragging boats is the most dangerous thing; the second most dangerous thing is motoring home after drinking. The average guy goes for a piss and falls in the water." We recently heard a story about three men motoring in rough weather in a small dinghy. Two of the passengers

mistakenly sat too far forward in the boat for the rough conditions, which drove the bow under. The boat swamped, and eventually capsized. Two people clung to the dinghy, while a third man tried to swim to shore, but drowned. Stakeholders on both sides of the anchor-out issue often cite the perils of poor seamanship as a danger to the community. This is especially true for the number of people on Richardson Bay who are considered homeless (we've heard estimates that it's as much as 30 to 40% of the population.) "They're people that would otherwise be on the street, and being on the water is not the best option for them," Moore said. Hoffman agreed with the sentiment. "Homelessness is definitely an issue that we want to be cognizant of, but I do not want to create the idea that it's good policy to have boats as alternative housing on Richardson Bay. You have to know how to operate a boat and how to live safely on the water. People have drowned out there. I'm not going to ignore that safety issue." Hoffman said that by the time A satellite photo shows "crop circles" created by anchors on Richardson Bay.

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What Are the Concerns? "We're concerned mainly with safety and environmental issues," said Jill Hoffman. The Audubon Society has long maintained that anchored vessels cause significant scarring to eelgrass in Richardson Bay. Satellite images have revealed "crop circles" below boats. "For every anchored boat, there's half an acre of anchor scar," Hoffman said. Most parties feel that permanently installed moorings will have far less impact on eelgrass than anchors, and the RBRA, in collaboration with Richardson Bay Special Anchorage Association and environmental specialists, are looking into environmental- and eelgrass-friendly moorings and anchoring techniques. Some reports have suggested that eelgrass has flourished in the last three decades, though the photographs make scarring in Richardson Bay hard to deny. But this is yet another area of fierce debate. "We have some bigger concerns than eelgrass," Alaric Moore said. "Like, taking care of the numerous Superfund sites around the Bay Area. Eelgrass is a straw-man's argument. It's just one of the many excuses to justify dealing with a portion of the population that is undesirable." Another long-running and contentious argument is the issue of sanitation. Critics of some of the less-outfitted vessels say that there's simply nowhere else their waste can go. "I know that it's been happening," Hoffman said. "I don't know that there's been an appreciable change." Chad and Carolyn Carvey dispute this claim. "I've never found one piece of sewage out there," Chad said somewhat emphatically. "Many [anchor-outs] pay for a pump-out service, some have a complimentary service arranged through the RBRA, some have self-composting toilets, others dispose of it on land in public toilets/Porta-Potties — and a few may not be disposing of it properly," Carolyn said at a Sausalito City Council meeting a few weeks ago.

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Sausalito gets to "phase three," the city will have already advocated with county and state homeless agencies to transition people to stable housing. What Will It Become? Assuming that progress continues to be made on Richardson Bay, the question then is what will it become, and whom will it be for? Carvey said that the RBRA has effectively agreed to allow anchor-outs to continue living on boats, provided that the number of boats continues to diminish, the boats that remain have appropriate sanitation systems, and the mooring techniques don't harm the eelgrass. "There was a clamor from RBRA to do a mooring field similar to San Diego," Carvey said. "Right now, that's a huge emotional thing; the word 'field' evokes images of regimented lines of boats and people paying money — a kind of a gentrification. That freaked out some of the wilder elements, and stalled and shut things down. But there's some of us, myself included, who are OK with a county- or state-run mooring field." Gentrification is difficult to tackle. How do you "Keep Sausalito Salty" while at the same time making common-sense changes to policies that affect health, safety and the environment? How do you protect history and culture while making the community work for everyone? "Remember that Shel Silverstein was out there. Alan Watts was out there," Moore said of two famous former houseboat residents. "The city of Sausalito used to be blue collar. There's been multiple generations of people that have lived here. The city needs to take into account the adventurous spirit. They have the mentality that people out there don't have any plans for the future. And this isn't the first time we've done this in the [Bay Area]. I say be compassionate. Don't be a classist." Page 88 •

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It's easy to get caught up in the controversies, and to forget how stunning Richardson Bay can be.

Hoffman believes that concern over gentrification is valid. "That's something we're going to have ongoing discussions about, but my top priority is safety and the significant environmental damage to the eelgrass and ecosystem that has already occurred, and continues." Carvey said he did a poll in the towns bordering Richardson Bay, posing the question that, "If anchor-outs got their shit together, would you support them?"

"I'm happy to say that there's a time-honored tradition of an anchorout community." He said 99 people responded, and 83% said yes. "I'm happy to say that there's a time-honored, salty tradition of an anchor-out community. We don't want our towns to gentrify, become homogeneous and push people into the gutters." This is where the concept of compromise might come into play, and where stakeholders will hopefully listen to each other's concerns. "We believe there should be a big, well-marked anchorage, 200 professionally installed and maintained mooring balls, and another area for 'grandfathered' anchor-outs on 'non boats'" Richard Spindler said in 2001, again reflecting an idea that we still endorse. "We also believe that all vessels on Richardson Bay should be subject to minimum pollution, safety and mooring standards, and that appropriate dinghy docks and restrooms be provided." Although the idea of brand-new boating infrastructure here in Marin is certainly exciting, the question is,

who's going to pay for it, and what need is it filling exactly? Hoffman said that the idea of shoreside facilities such as bathrooms and showers suggests servicing the needs of boats that are not self-sufficient, and therefore "calls into question whether the boat should be anchored out in the first place," she said. "But if you're talking about a low number of transient vessels, perhaps one method is for them to pay a permitting fee. Or, if they're anchored off a marina, they pay the marina for their services. That would be the most fair and efficient solution." We fully support the romantic notion of freedom at sea, dropping your hook wherever the wind blows, and living a life free of burdensome rules . . . and costs. But in a crowded place like the Bay Area, it's hard to sail completely under the radar, and facilities that might seem open and free still have to be staffed, and someone has to pay for trash removal, bathrooms, water, etc. This is part of the taboo of Richardson Bay (we've spoken with several people reluctant to go on the record). And while we support a life off the grid, we also unequivocally advocate for personal responsibility. You owe it to yourself and others to be safe on the water and to have a safe, clean vessel, and to live like a sailor by making the lowest impact possible. People must govern themselves, or they're begging for someone else to do it for them. There is simply no way to express the emotions, passion and deeply rooted debate that has surrounded this issue for decades. This article is in no way meant to be an extensive investigation of the Richardson Bay question. We only hope to inform you of some new developments, contextualize how those changes fit into the pantheon, and then to listen to what people have to say. We hope everyone gets a little bit of what they want. — latitude / tim

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he awards have been presented, the party at Kaneohe Yacht Club has ended, and the majority of the return fleet is tucked back into the barn after a long summer of sailing, officially bringing the 20th edition of the Pacific Cup to a close. The returning delivery crews were dealt much the same weather conditions that the fleet experienced during the race, with an active and atypical weather scenario continuing to impact the boats on the water. The record-breaking 2016 edition, sailed during the second year of back-to-back Super El Niño occurrences, was characterized by nuking winds and a series of hurricanes on the course that saw much of the fleet finish during a named tropical storm. While 2018 was wildly different, it was in so many ways almost exactly the same. It was not hurricanes in 2018, but more typical low-pressure systems up north that left their mark, constantly marching west to east across the North Pacific, forming off the coast and on the race course, and generally playing havoc with the traditionally stable Pacific High that tends to dominate the weather patterns in this region of the world. Both the racers and delivery crews saw atypical, if not benign, conditions as a result. Owing to unpredictable weather and a resultingly incorrect forecast, the Friday,

July 13, starters in the BMW of San Rafael E division surged to the top of the leaderboard in the overall rankings, despite starting on the day that had been forecast to be the slowest. The Shelter Island TransAtlantic Partners' Mills 68 Prospector claimed the overall victory, the fastest passage, and second place in E division. "We were excited to find out that once we got out of San Francisco Bay, what we thought would be 4 knots of breeze ended up being 10 or 12 knots of wind and we were able to get south," explained Prospector cr ew Paul McDowell. "The nice thing about the Pac Cup is

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Kirk Denebeim's Archambault 35 'Mirthmaker' on delivery back to the Mainland. With atypical weather and a unique route as a result, much of the return ﬂeet found themselves on a port tack beat-to-reach for what felt like an eternity.

The Andrews 70 'Runaway' as seen from the Cal 40 'Highlander' on July 19 — a week into the race! — photo by Ian Matthew

just days and days of downwind sailing. It's great, but the bond with the boys is the big one. We're just sort of laughing our way across oceans and doing a lot of fast sailing," added crew Quinn Tobin. Roy Patrick Disney's Andrews 69 Pyewacket won the E division, placed first among the two ORR divisions (D and E), and also won the prestigious Latitude 38 Performance Award, given to the boat that performs best in its division, compared to its rivals. Torben Grael, a five-time Olympic medalist from Brazil, sailed on Pyewacket. "We have

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Zac Judkins was navigator on the 'fully crewed' 'Bombora', the only triplehanded Express 27 in the race.

Cal 40 Green Buffalo. But his two sons, Andrew and Stephen, said they wanted to race to Hawaii again. Stoked to have some company, Quanci grabbed two more crew and went on to win the Coral Reef Sailing Apparel A Division and claim the Fastest Family Afloat award, given to the boat with multiple members of the same family onboard with the best corrected time. One thing that we love about the Pac Cup, and sailing in general, is the number of fami-

The scene at Kaneohe Yacht Club, on the east side of Oahu, on the night of the awards.

lies that take to the sport. Staying true to form, Pac Cup had a ton of families in contention for the award, making it one of the most desired and touching awards out there. The Express 27 'Loose Cannon's doublehanders Julia Paxton and Andy Goodman accumulated the longest list of trophies.

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a bunch of good friends together on the boat," he said modestly before the start. "We're wishing to have a lot of fun while doing a nice race." Stuart Dahlgren's Santa Cruz 70 Westerly placed fifth in E Division but won the 'Wizard' trophy for the top Bill Leedesigned yacht on corrected time. "We do not have the financial resources of a lot of the people we're sailing against; I guess you could say we just have piss and vinegar," said Vancouver -based UK sailmaker and Westerly skipper Stuart Dahlgren. "After this race, we know there's a lot more gas in the tank, and we can't wait for future races to give it another go against Pyewacket and the other sleds." Jim Quanci, champion of the 2012 Singlehanded TransPac and a Pacific Cup stalwart, was going to race solo to Hawaii this summer on his well-traveled

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aking home perhaps the most hardware of any entry were just two crewmembers from the doublehanded Express 27 Loose Cannon. Andy Goodman and his girlfriend Julia Paxton sailed an incredible race to win the Pau Maui Vodka/DH1 Division. The pair also took home the Carl Schumacher Design award for best corrected time on a Schumacher design, the award for fastest Express 27 to Hawaii, and the Best PHRF Performance award for the best corrected time among the five PHRF

fleets. "We knew we had to work as hard as we could because we knew that Motorcycle Irene was going to be the boat to beat," said Loose Cannon skipper Andy Goodman. Co-skipper Julia Paxton explained the defining moment of the race: "In the middle of the ocean, we saw a black carbon main and an Express 27 rig and we knew it could only be Will. We actually saw them slatting back and forth, and so we sailed away from him because he told us where the hole was." Loose Cannon would gain separation and eventually go on to win. Quantum sailmaker Will Paxton was gracious in defeat and heaped praise on

Julia, his younger cousin. "I've done this race a bunch on Santa Cruz 70s with the world's best navigators, who really know how to play the game, and the game that we played versus them, I've never seen better," he said of Loose Cannon. "Changing the gears and racing to the next shift — it was like racing against my shadow, and I was very humbly impressed." Julia chimed in: "I'm glad you have that on tape!" Another Express 27 crew taking home the goods were John Morrison and CJ Ware, who handily won the Best First Passage award as a result of finishing just an hour and 15 minutes off the podium in an intensely competitive division. A couple of hardcore skiers from Tahoe, Les Robinson, Moore 24 aﬁcionado, is interviewed by Ronnie Simpson after the race.

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One of the best parts of the entire race is when you ﬁnally get to meet up with the competition on the other end. Here, 'Sweet Okole' crewmember Isaac Gillette (left) and 'Poke and Destroy' skipper Alex Simanis share some stories shortly after their arrival.

Halfway celebrations aboard the Morgan 382 'Eliana' (left) and the Swan 46 'Free'.

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FAMILY TIES AND FAST FRIENDS 2018 PACIFIC CUP RESULTS 61 starters, 5 dropouts and 56 finishers Div Flt Boat Type Skipper CORAL REEF SAILING APPAREL (Started 7/9 at 11:15:00 PDT) 1 7 Green Buffalo Cal 40 Jim Quanci 2 12 Bombora Express 27 Rebecca Hinden 3 17 Eliana Morgan 382 Warren Holybee 4 22 Highlander Cal 40 Bob Horton PAU MAUI VODKA doublehanded (Started 7/9 at 11:25:00 PDT) 1 3 Loose Cannon Express 27 Andy Goodman/Julia Paxton 2 5 Motorcycle Irene Express 27 Zachery Anderson/Will Paxton 3 11 Alternate Reality Express 27 Darrel & Ian Jensen 4 13 Fired Up! Express 27 John Morrison/CJ Ware 5 15 Yeti Express 27 Adam Mazurkiewicz/J. Crowson 6 20 Pork Chop Express Express 27 Chris Jordan MOUNT GAY RUM doublehanded (Started 7/9 at 11:35:00 PDT) 1 4 Wolfpack Donovan 30 Melinda & Bill Erkelens 2 6 Bacon Berger Antrim 27 Mike Bacon/Frederic Berg 3 9 Foamy Moore 24 Lester Robertson/Randy Parker 4 14 Zipper SC27 Alexia Fischer/C. Bassett Ross 5 25 Abstract J/105 Douglas Pihlaja/Mary Hartel 6 37 Jamani J/120 Sean & Kim Mulvihill KOLEA CRUISING (Started 7/9 at 11:45:00 PDT) 1 – Anaïs Hanse 505 Matt Solhjem 2 – OutreMer Hanse 505 Emmanuel Sauquet 3 – Bear Boat SO 40.3 Paul Koenig 4 – Gusto Swan 441 Holm Albrecht 5 – La Bonne Vie Pretorien 35 Matt Sundermier 6 – Wavelength Beneteau 46 Bill Schwartz 7 – Blue Moon Jeanneau 52.2 Russ Johnson 8 – Lyric Mason 44 ketch John Swain 9 – Music Nordic 44 Jeff Michaud 10 – Edge of Moonlight IP 380 Keith James 11 – Knot Behaving Jeanneau 379 James Peo 12 – Surya 42-ft catamaran Andre Hilden WEEMS & PLATH (Started 7/11 at 13:05:00 PDT) 1 19 Shearwater J/35 Karl Haflinger 2 29 Free Swan 46 Christian Doegl 3 30 The Fugitive Farr 1220 Benjamin Rummen 4 31 Alessandra Grand Soleil 50 Casey Smith 5 33 Imagine Davidson 44 Wyatt Jones 6 36 Iguana Beneteau 411 Michael Eusebio 7 – Defiance Schock 41 Jack Tibbetts 8 39 Angelique Columbia 57 Andy Kurtz ALASKA AIRLINES (Started 7/11 at 13:15:00 PDT) 1 23 Zaff J/92 Phil Wampold 2 24 Sweet Okole Farr 36 Dean Treadway 3 26 Poke & Destroy Evelyn 32-2 Alex Simanis 4 32 Mirthmaker Archambault 35 Kirk Denebeim 5 – Aloha Hobie 33 Kyle Vanderspek 6 34 Dare Dare Sun Fast 3200 Nicolas Thiebaud PASHA HAWAII (Started 7/12 at 13:55:00 PDT) 1 10 Rufless Melges 32 Rufus Sjoberg 2 21 J World's Hula Girl SC50 Modified Wayne Zittel 3 16 Zamazaan Farr 52 Greg Mullins 4 27 Six Brothers Columbia C32 Chris Kramer 5 35 Starship SC52 Christian Berge 6 28 J World's Cazan DK 46 Paul Martson 7 38 Hokulani J/120 Tracy Rogers BMW OF SAN RAFAEL (Started 7/13 at 14:45:00 PDT) 1 – Pyewacket Andrews 68 Roy Pat Disney 2 1 Prospector Mills 68 Trans Atlantic Partners 3 – Blue Riptide 41 Michael Schoendorf 4 2 Runaway Andrews 70 Hector Velarde 5 8 Westerly SC70 Stuart Dahlgren 6 18 Rage Wylie 70 David Raney See www.pacificcup.org for full details.

Yacht Club Richmond YC Encinal YC No YC Tiburon YC Richmond YC Richmond YC Sloop Tavern YC Tahoe YC SSS/Richmond YC SSS Richmond YC Kaneohe YC Tahoe Windjammers YC Washington YC/PCYC Corinthian YC Portland San Francisco YC No YC Presidio YC/Pacific Cup YC Pacific Cup YC Corinthian YC Seattle Olympic Circle Sailing Club Berkeley YC Zephyr YC Pacific Cup YC San Francisco YC No YC Pacific Cup YC Sierra Point YC Corinthian YC Tacoma Inverness YC Vancouver Rowing Club Sugar Dock Berkeley YC Pacific Cup YC No YC Pacific Cup YC Royal Victoria YC Richmond YC CYC Seattle/Sloop Tavern Pacific Cup YC Mission Bay YC No YC Richmond YC San Diego YC/SFYC St. Francis YC RYC/NYYC/AYC No YC San Diego YC/StFYC Pacific Cup YC Waikiki YC SIYC/RORC/STYC/NYYC South Shore YC No YC Royal Victoria YC Corinthian YC Portland

John and CJ traded their ski boots for sea boots and managed to stay in touch with a handful of world-class sailors at the top of the fleet; a remarkable achievement for these ocean racing novices. While Loose Cannon narrowly beat out Julia's cousin Will Paxton and his sailing partner Zachery Anderson onboard Motorcycle Irene, the Irene crew didn't go home empty-handed, as they were part of the winning trio of boats from Richmond YC who took the Team Award.

"It was like racing against my shadow, and I was very humbly impressed." Sharing in the Team Award victory with Motorcycle Irene were Wolfpack and Rufless. After a highly educational and humbling ride in 2016, Rufus Sjoberg came back with a different approach and crew in 2018, which, combined with the lighter winds, allowed Rufus to make history by piloting his Melges 32 to the top spot in a major Category 1 ocean race. Sjoberg sold the boat to a new owner in Hawaii, just as Bill and Melinda Erkelens had attempted to do with their Jim Donovan-designed 30-ft MORC racer Wolfpack, the third boat to team up with Rufless and Motorcycle Irene to win the Team Award, in addition to winning their division for the third consecutive Pacific Cup in a row. In the end, the couple didn't sell Wolfpack to a Hawaiian buyer, and the Erkelens have hinted that "Well, maybe we'll just race it again! It's a sweet ride, super-fast, it's fun, it's addictive. We sail so many other people's boats that sometimes it's just nice to sail our own boat." If they do race again, we would highly advise you not to bet against them. Finishing in second place in the Mount Gay Rum/DH2 Division, just behind Wolfpack, was the Antrim 27 Bacon Berger with Kaneohe YC commodore Frederic Berg and Michael Bacon aboard. Second in their division and the third boat to cross the finish line among the entire fleet, Bacon Berger won the First Hawaiian Boat award. An elated Fred Berg related what it feels like to triumphantly race into the club of which you are commodore: "When I realized I was going to be commodore during a Pacific Cup, I seriously started considering doing it. Part of it was knowing that I'd be coming home and doing this, and it's awesome. It's fun and the reception that you get from your membership and September, 2018 •

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PACIFIC CUP PART 2 everyone else is just incredible. Knowing that you are the commodore and there's all this stuff that you should supposedly be doing — but at the end of the day you're supposed to be sailing and that's what we did." Co-skipper Michael Bacon was still oozing adrenaline from the fast ride over and was full of praise for designer Jim Antrim: "When it's heavy air and you're going super-fast through the night, not knowing what's coming next, you just sit on the back of the boat and it steers itself. It seems to know the way, and all I could think was, Jim Antrim doesn't get enough credit, this boat is amaaaazing!" Placing third in the same division, Lester Robertson and Randy Parker aboard the Moore 24 Foamy won the Moore 24 Perpetual Trophy. After entering the Pacific Cup and starting to restore Foamy, hull #129, Les received some very bad news. "Two and a half months into the rebuild, I get some strange symptoms, and next thing you know I've got to go to Stanford, and I've got some form of liver cancer. Fifteen percent survive the first

2018 PACIFIC CUP PERPETUAL TROPHIES Pacific Cup; Fastest Passage: Prospector Best PHRF Performance Trophy; First Carl Schumacher Design; Express 27 Trophy: Loose Cannon Bjorn Johnson Best ORR Performance Trophy; Latitude 38 Performance Trophy: Pyewacket Team Trophy: Rufless, Motorcycle Irene, Wolfpack, Richmond YC Fastest Family Afloat: Green Buffalo Best First Passage: Fired Up! First Hawaiian Boat on Corrected Time: Bacon Berger Moore 24 Perpetual Trophy: Foamy Passage Yachts Trophy for Best Beneteau 24-Hour Run: A Fond Le Girafon Best Prepared Yacht Trophy: Hokulani Wizard Trophy for First Bill Lee-Designed Boat on Corrected Time: Westerly

five years. I always figure we can be in the top 15 out of 100. I'm going to live my life and do the best I can for those around me." About the Moore 24s (of which he has three), he said, "It's pretty ridiculous. I can't believe how I've patterned and lived my life with these boats all these years. There's so much else in life, but it's something I really wanted to do, another [transpacific] race on a small

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The start of the Ha-Ha is truly something to behold.

seen a Ha-Ha, then it might be difficult to appreciate the enthusiasm and scale of the event. Last year in San Diego, the Ha-Ha fleet seemed to fill all of the bay as firehoses spurted and a mariachi band serenaded the boats as they made their way past Point Loma. The following is a sampling of the brief bios of some of the boat crews that have signed up for late October's Silver Anniversay Baja Ha-Ha cruisers' rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. Additional bios will appear in the next two issues of Latitude 38. As of August 20th, 129 boats have signed up. Entries will be accepted until the week before the start, but a boat must be entered by October 1 for the crew bio to appear in the Meet the Fleet booklet. For complete information on the Baja Ha-Ha, visit www.baja-haha. com. Notes: * indicates the number of people 18 or under on the boat. + indicates the number of times someone on the crew has done a HaHa. When someone is referred to as a 'wife,' it is not meant to suggest anything but an equal partner in a relationship. (W) indicates that the boat will be sailing using just white sails as opposed to gennakers or spinnakers. In many cases both the boat hailPage 96 •

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ing port and the owner's city of residence or work are listed. All bios were written by the Grand Poobah, who is responsible for, and who regrets, any errors. Adell — Pacific Triton 45 Ketch (W) Yvonne Serna San Diego One of a handful of sole female boatowners in this year's Ha-Ha, Serna, a retired electrician, has been sailing solo for about six years. The Ha-Ha has been on her Bucket List. Adell, her 1979 Atkins ketch, is her "dream boat," and with her she sees infinite cruising possibilities. Among them, the Marquesas. As we went to press, Serna was still assembling her crew, hoping to sail with as many crew of the female persuasion as possible. *Agatha Agatha — Beneteau Oceanis 45 Wm. Champion and Victoria Palmer Seattle / Bellevue, WA William, 52, and his wife Victoria have been sailing for 15 years, while their daughter Rose has been sailing since she was in the womb. Rose will not only do the Ha-Ha with Mom and Dad, but has had a big influence on their post-Ha-Ha plans. Since Rose in-

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tends to go to school in Australia, her parents think that sailing is the best way to get to the Land Down Under. As a warm-up for the Ha-Ha, the family plans to circumnavigate Vancouver Island, then make the mandatory trip down the West Coast for the start of

the Ha-Ha. While William would like to have a Gunboat cat — who wouldn't? — he and Victoria are happy with their Oceanis 45, which they've owned for two years. William is right-handed, but advises that he uses both hands "to clap." During the Ha-Ha he and Victoria may want to ponder the famous Zen koan: "We know the sound of two hands clapping. What is the sound of one hand clapping?" Aiyana — Island Packet 37 (W) Gabriel Harriman Marina del Rey Gabriel, 40, a software engineer, will be sailing south with Jon Bartett, 50, a friend in the real estate business, and a couple of other crew not yet determined. After sailing for 15 years, Gabriel bought Aiyana, his first boat. He'd previously been a non-equity partner in a 42-ft ketch. The name Aiyana has many meanings, among them Eternal Flower, Blossoming, Beautiful Flower, and in ancient times, Remember the Struggle. We wonder which one applies to the Island Packet 37. Although Gabriel's longest passage to date is Newport to Ensenada, after the Ha-Ha and time in Mexico, he plans to take off for his "dream destinations of the Marquesas, New Zealand, Madagascar, South America, the Caribbean, the Med — and everywhere in between." Nothing wrong with dreaming big. Nothing wrong at all. *Blue Horizon — Pacific Seacraft 37 Richard Southwick San Francisco Richard, 61, retired from an unspecified career, will be doing the Ha-Ha with his daughter Alex, an 18-yearold student. This is not a case of a reluctant late teen being dragged along by Dad, as Alex has been sailing San Francisco Bay with her dad since she was in diapers. When Alex was young, she'd take naps in the cockpit holding onto the coaming, so she was 'marinized' a long time ago. Come spring, dad and daughter might do the Puddle Jump. But two things are certain. First, Alex has to be in college in New York by next September. And two, neither dad nor daughter will ever forget their adventure together. Alex's sailing hero is the remarkable

THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY children Marina and Niko, who were 12 and 10 at the time. Dennis is hoping they can "join at various times," although we're not sure how that would work. Maybe after the Ha-Ha. 'Let the good times roll,' is Chimera's motto for the Ha-Ha. In case you were wondering how to say that in Spanish, it's: Deja que los buenos tiempos pasen.'

Laura Dekker, the Kiwi-born Dutch girl who shocked the world by sailing solo around the world at age 15. Dad, who is left-handed, and daughter, who is right-handed, once hit 34 knots while sailing on the Lending Club trimaran. Not that they plan to see such speeds on their boat in the HaHa. Barbarosa del Mar — Island Packet 485 Bob Michels San Diego Bob, 67, is a retired aerospace engineer who will have two crew: George Woodley, 71, a retired engineer/inventor, and Bob Seddig, 75, a technical sales rep. Old guys rule! Bob has sailed for 30 years, and Barbarosa is his third boat, one he has owned for six years. She's his 'dream boat.' Nothing like being content with what you have. Bob has made three trips from Puerto Vallarta to San Diego, which is 1,000 miles upwind each. After the Ha-Ha he looks forward to sailing in the Sea of Cortez and Banderas Bay. Sounds like an excellent plan to us. Bob's sailing hero is Dennis Conner, and he thinks it would be great to eat German chocolate cake for dessert while cruising in the Pacific Northwest.

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'70s and '80s — back when sailing there tended to to be on the wild and crazy side of the spectrum. He also sailed to Cuba in what he describes as "the scary days." For Kathy, Blue Oasis is her dream boat. Barry, being a typical guy, always wants something larger. He can't help it, as back in the day in the Caribbean he was the captain of Sassy, a C&C 61. Barry and Kathy love to prepare and share homemade pizza, and enjoy eating the fish they catch. Although they have no specific destination, they plan to go through the Panama Canal and east to the stomping grounds of Barry's youth.

Chimera — Beneteau 473 Dennis Plesons and Margaret Marchuk Santa Barbara + Dennis, 67, retired from the medical Blue Oasis — Jeanneau SO 45 field, and his Significant Other MargaBarry Constant and Kathy Barnes ret, who is in public relations, will be Seattle joined by Feoff Staff, 60, a retired qualBarry, 66, a retired engineer, and ity control expert, and Dale Zurawski, a his wife Kathy, a retired "technologist," water engineer. have owned Blue Oasis for four years. Dennis has loved the sea and been Two years ago around boats they took her since his teens. on a 90-day, Chimera is his 2,500-mile third boat, as cruise of the he previously Inside Pasowned a Pearsage, includson 365 and ing a circuma Beneteau navigation of 45F5. MargaBaranof Isret has only land and visbeen sailing for iting the Sawtwo years, but yer Glaciers. has already Barry has moved up to been sailing Skipper 2 and for 50+ years, Communica'Chimera' and was a tions Director swaggering captain positions. and yacht racer in the Caribbean in the Dennis did the '09 Ha-Ha with his

Dawn Treader — Catalina 34 MkI Peter Bozek Ventura Peter, 58, a retired environmental health specialist, will have friends Ken and Abigal Convery as crew. He's a Channel Islands National Park ranger, while she's a staff biologist. Peter reports that he's been sailing for 20 years, and owned Dawn Treader for the last 16 of those years. "There is nothing unusual about my Catalina 34," he says. "She's the Chevrolet of the Sea, but has always brought me home safely." He admits to some bigger-boat envy, but notes that Dawn Treader has all that he needs. The Ha-Ha will be Peter's longest voyage to date, eclipsing a previous trip to San Diego. "The Ha-Ha will be an experiment to see how much I enjoy cruising," he says. "I plan to take a full six months, and sail as far south as Zihua, and then up into the Sea in the spring." Peter's sailing heroes are Paul, Deke, Dwight, Jeff, and Jimmy — the Wet Wednesday heroes from his yacht club. Day Ja Vu — Catalina 42 (W) Kelly O'Day Long Beach +++ Kelly, 54, a member of the merchant marine, will have crew in Jim Duncan, 56, an entreprenuer, and Vince Currivan, 75, a retired ship captain. "This will be my third Ha-Ha," says Kelly, "as I did the '03 one aboard the Liberty 458 Charissa, and the '04 on Sandcastle, my previous Catalina 42. My family was young when we did the '04 Ha-Ha, and in addition to the two kids we had a small dog and a cat. We cruised for the season before returning home." "This year's Ha-Ha has been many years in the making," he continues. "I work as a professional mariner on oil spill response vessels in various parts of California. For the time being, I plan on keeping my boat in Mexico and comSeptember, 2018 •

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"I am the son and grandson of commercial fishermen," says Richard, "so salt runs in my veins. My father helped me build an eight-ft sailing pram and taught me to sail when I was 8. My Catalina is named for my Dutch grandfather's Nantucket-based fishing boat. "I am one of the volunteer builders of the 138-ft Matthew Turner in Sausalito," continues Schaper. I've also done the Ha-Ha multiple times, and three years ago I did the Puddle Jump. After the partying dies down in Cabo, Richard will head back north right away so he can spend the spring helping rig the Matthew Turner. "My dream destination," he says, "is always Sausalito, the most beautiful place in the world to sail in and out of."

on the January 2017 issue of Latitude. 'In the last year we sold the house, refreshed many of the major systems on the boat, and relocated to San Diego to get ready for our three-year cruise. Our current plan is to cruise Mexico before crossing the Pacific in 2019, slowing down to visit more of the South Pacific over a two-year period, and spend some

for cruising. And hopefuly, I'll — we'll — be able to cruise the Med some day."

Follow You Follow Me — Hunter 466 Allan and Rina Alexopulous National City ++++ Dolfin — Pacific Seacraft 37 Allan, 58, a retired vice president, Bill and Patty Meanly and Rina, a retired payroll and benSan Diego ++ efits coordinator, will have friends JoBill, 72, and Patty own a retail hardsephine Cadieux-Falliers, a shopowner, ware store in the San Diego area, nearly and Shaun Wurzner, 56, a software enthe last of that breed in the age of Home gineer, and friend Christine Hagen as Depot. crew. Allan and Rina did their first HaBill wasn't able to provide much inHa aboard Orange Coast College's Alasformation about their Ha-Ha by press ka Eagle in '06 and their second with time, as he was sailing in his second their own boat in '08. After that second Singlehanded TransPac, and then had Ha-Ha they spent two years cruising to deliver Dolfin back to San Diego. the South Pacific before returning to As we recall, the couple have owned Silicon Valley to build the kitty for an their Pacific Seacraft for something early retirement. like 30 years, and Daughter love her. They did a Alyssa, who did Ha-Ha a few years the Puddle Jump ago, after which they with them in '09, cruised Mexico. returned to San The couple are Francisco to get a fine sailors. We redegree, at which member a time we time she met up chased them across with husband-toBanderas Bay with be Lewis Allen. Profligate, our muchShe and Lewis longer catamaran. took off for the 'Dolﬁn' The air was light, South Pacific on and it was so hard to a Tartan 37 they reel them in. eventually exchanged for a hurricaneWe're not sure that we ever did. damaged Voyage 43 cat and some land in Fiji. Ebenezer III — Catalina 36 We mention Alyssa because she is Richard Schaper Allan and Rina's sailing hero “for havSausalito / Mill Valley +++ ing the guts NOT to live in a cube after Richard, 73, an Episcopal priest, graduating, but to take off on an openwill be sailing south with friends Denended cruise, rescue a catamaran, and nis Hammer, 60, a PG&E lineman, and start a successful charter business in Ardath Dixon, an outdoor adventure Fiji.” specialist. Alyssa, by the way, is the cover girl Page 98 •

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quality time with Lewis and Alyssa in Fiji. If all goes according to our plan in the sand, we will eventually make our way to Alaska via Hawaii, and back down the coast in 2022.” Horizon — Dufour 310 Eddie Harrison Chicago / Oak Park, IL + Eddie, 71, is a musician who will be sailing south with friends Tom Boucher, 56, a pilot, and Edward Harrison, occupation unkonwn. A sailor for 20 years, Eddie owns two boats. One is a Dufour Arpege, which he sails on the Great Lakes. The other is Horizon, which he also used to sail on the Great Lakes before deciding to relocate her in San Francisco near many family members. Harrison did the 2017 Ha-Ha with Horizon, followed by a Baja Bash home. That was his longest passage to date. After this year's Ha-Ha, Harrison hopes to make his way down to Costa Rica, and while there, perhaps enjoy his favorite dessert, a chocolate cake with frosting. Gotta have the frosting, because chocolate cake without frosting is not chocolate cake at all. Incantation — Santa Cruz 50 David Ratner Vancouver, B.C. + David, 57. who is retired from construction and development, will be sailing south with Elliot Hoyem, 68, a

THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY "Our dream destination is wherever we're at with good people."

friend who is retired from the Marines, and Elliot's wife, Nancy, who is retired from the telecom business. David expects to sign on more crew before the start of the event. Talk about loving one's boat, David has owned the legendary racing/fast cruising Bill Lee design since 1981. That's something like 37 years! While David sailed Incantation in the '04 Ha-Ha, his longest passage to date has been the Melbourne to Osaka Race in 1991. After the Ha-Ha, he's "going south." Jeanne Anne — Lord Nelson 35 (W) Steve Olson and Chelsea Grimm Tacoma, WA Steve, 44, is a retired police officer; wife Chelsea is a retired office worker. The two have been sailing for eight years, and their Lord Nelson, which they've owned for a year, is their second boat. The boat has been around, as she's already completed a circumnavigation.

'Jeanne Anne' While the two have sailed 1,100 miles north up the coast of Baja, this will be the couple's first Ha-Ha. After the Ha-Ha, and after spending time in the spectacular Sea of Cortez, the two plan to head down the mainland coast of Mexico and Central America, then turn west.

**Knot Knot Home — Spencer 53 Ext (W) Dale and Traci Mayes Family Portland, OR Dale, an "embedded" firmware engineer, and his wife Traci, a high school science teacher, have enlisted their children, Christopher, 7, and Elizabeth, age unknown, as crew. Dale has been crewing on sailboats for 25 years, including lots of weeks of bareboating and some deliveries as skipper. Traci has 15 years of sailing experience. The couple bought Knot Home, a Spencer 53 'Extended,' their first big boat, in April this year. This will be their first Ha-Ha, and they'll be coming down from their homeport of Portland via Canada. "Our plan is to cruise Mexico for the season, then head off on the Pacific Puddle Jump, maybe in March or April. Dale's hero is 'Uncle Bill,' a 92-year old whom he raced with once in Michigan. — richard spindler

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A scene from the 2017 Paciﬁc Sail and Power Boat Show in Richmond. A boat show can be a great way to meet the right broker.

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What are you looking for? The most important consideration a buyer should take into account is exactly what kind of boat they are looking for. Will it be an entry-level daysailer, a round-the-buoys racer and weekend cruiser, a hot-rod race machine or a bluewater passagemaker? Are the buyers looking for performance and speed or comfort and safety? Will it be a monohull or a multihull? Full or fin keel, motorsailer or sleek sloop? At this point, the buyer should let the broker know what their price range is, which will help the broker zero in on boats to suit the buyer's wants and needs. The type and size of boat desired by the buyer(s) will partially determine the length of time it will take to complete a successful sale. You can assume that, generally speaking, a 20-ft daysailer on a trailer will not require the same time and resources to purchase as a fullyequipped 40-ft bluewater cruiser. Where does the buyer start the process? After a reasonable determination is made and the field is narrowed, let's assume our buyers have made a choice. How do they proceed? Make an Offer The first step is to make an offer on the boat. After all the searching, phone calls and research, the choice is narrowed down to one boat. The buyers like it, and decide it may do the job. They are ready to take the plunge. Assuming the boat is from a broker's listing, the buyers meet with the broker and discuss the boat and the listing price. They decide what they can afford (or are willing) to pay. Then, a written 'Offer To Purchase' is signed and the

buyers will submit a deposit, generally 10% of the offer, to indicate their good will and serious intentions. In the offer, the buyers will list, hopefully with some assistance and guidance from the broker, the terms offered. The terms usually include an on-thewater demonstration, haulout and marine survey. The offer should normally include a time frame or deadline, for both buyer and seller. For the buyer, a time frame for the seller to accept or reject the offer; for the seller, a time frame for the buyer to complete the sales transaction. Often, the offer will be subject to a buyer's ability to obtain financing, and may also be subject to several other conditions, and, occasionally, demands or whims. The broker will present the offer to the seller and, in most cases — unless the offer is significantly less than the listing price — the seller will either accept or counter. Buyers should note at this point that unless a seller instructs a broker otherwise, the broker by law must submit any offer that is signed and accompanied by a deposit. So buyers should be fair and reasonable, but shouldn't be afraid to take their best shot. As they say in the yacht sales business, "All a buyer has to lose is a boat that they don't own anyway." If you need some guidance about pricing and values, you can always look at comparable boats, and it shouldn't be hard to find similar boats listed for sale. One of the best sites for comparisons is www.yachtworld.com, which lists boats for sale all over the world. The prices on yachtworld.com are all broker listings; there are no private-party sales. Therefore, listing prices are generally at the high end of the scale, because sellers have to allow negotiating room as well as broker commissions. But this resource gives buyers a comparison to see whether the seller is in the ballpark. Yachtworld.com also has a site that LATITUDE / LADONNA

he little lady and I are going to retire in five years and sail around the world," the client proclaimed to the broker with an air of certainty and self- importance, demanding, "What can you show us now?" He was dressed in cowboy boots, smoking a cigarette, and was ready to climb down the first open companionway he saw. His wife, dressed in high-heel shoes and a dress, was hurrying along unsteadily behind him. "We're in the brochure stage," he said, and added, "We're in no hurry." When the broker asked more specifically what they were looking for, he replied, almost dismissively, "We'll know when we see it." The broker woke up in a cold sweat, realizing that it was just another bad dream. While the "boat buyer from hell" might seem like an exaggeration, most brokers can relate. Some first-time boat shoppers are knowledgeable and ready to deal, but many others, through no fault of their own, are woefully unprepared for what may represent a major commitment of time and finances. Even in these days of information overload on the Internet, many first-time buyers do not understand the process of buying a used sailboat. Sometimes, just writing the check for the boat is the easiest part. So how do you go about the process in the right way? What should a buyer look for (and look out for)? Here are some questions and concerns that confront most first-time buyers. While this should not be considered a 'complete A to Z manual for buying a boat', hopefully it will serve as a rough guide.

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Remember, it may be tempting to put the rail down when you're 'sea trialing' a new boat, but don't forget to test how she'll sail in light air.

erally rely on little more than the 'honor system'). Even if a seller gets a backup or second offer for more money during the acceptance period, the boat belongs to the buyers, at the accepted price, until the terms of the first offer have been met or expire.

The Survey It's not hard to find a good marine surveyor. There are many listed in the pages of Latitude 38, as well as in other boating publications. Unlike yacht brokers, surveyors are not licensed, but many are members of nationally recog-

The Trial Formerly Known as Sea Assuming our seller accepts the offer,

Once a boat is high and dry, buyers — and even sellers — may ﬁnd all manner of weaknesses and imperfections that need tending to.

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tells brokers what boats sold for, with the original listing date, original list price, selling date and final price. This info is only available to brokers (and is expensive for them to access), but the value of these statistics is a good argument for negotiating through a broker. The stronger the offer, the better chance the seller will accept (and at this stage preparations by the buyers really pay off). Is the offer subject to ponderous conditions? Is the time frame drawn out unnecessarily long? Will it be a cash purchase or subject to financing, or the sale of the buyer's property, boat or other item? (It is worth noting here that banks will usually loan 80% of low 'book' or survey value to a qualified buyer.) If the offer is subject to financing, did the buyers get pre-approved (as opposed to simply pre-qualified) for a boat loan? Buyers should consider that even a low-ball offer has a much better chance if the conditions and stipulations are minimal and the closing period, from offer to final sale, can be executed quickly. Don't forget, once a seller accepts (and signs) an offer on the broker's contract, the boat is essentially off the market until the buyers either purchase the boat, decline it during the course of demonstration and survey, or the time frame to complete the transaction expires. (State law protects buyers and sellers in transactions conducted through licensed brokers. Private-party transactions gen-

the next step for our buyers is to do an on-the-water demonstration, formerly known as a "sea trial" until a disgruntled buyer took a seller to court, claiming the sea trial was on a bay and not the ocean, and therefore did not qualify as a "sea trial." The so-called sea trial is among the first of the conditional steps. As opposed to a haulout and survey, a demonstration generally will not cost the buyer anything except time. This is an opportunity to get to know the boat, and see whether any equipment works or needs adjustment or repair, and to see how the boat handles under power as well as sail. Don't try to put the rail under during the demo. Too many buyers focus on how a boat handles in heavy wind and seas, but the truth is that almost any boat will move in lots if wind. The important question is how she will handle in light air. Will she sail in less than 10 knots of wind? It's an important question because those are typical sailing conditions in Mexico during winter. If all goes well, the buyers will make sure their finances are in line and schedule a haulout and survey. This is the second of the conditional steps.

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nized organizations and usually display this certification in their advertisement. While buyers sometimes feel the choice of a surveyor should be independent of the brokerage, an experienced broker can usually provide a list of recommended surveyors. A buyer may also want to ask around; perhaps the boatyard of their choice can recommend a competent surveyor. For insurance and finance purposes, a current out-of-the-water survey is usually mandatory. Most marine surveyors in the Bay Area charge around $16-25 per foot of the boat's length. Some will assess extra charges for wood, specialized boats or multihulls. The marine surveyor will arrive at the boatyard on the day of the scheduled haulout. Many times, the survey is actually started in the water before hauling, and finished under the waterline when the boat is hauled. The surveyor will point out both the weaknesses and strengths of the vessel. They will check to ensure that the boat meets applicable USCG and ABYC standards. Most marine surveys are limited to the structural integrity of the boat and compliance with safety items. They rarely include a survey of the engine, mast and rigging (except rigging and fittings from deck level) or sails. These can be performed additionally by mechanics and riggers, depending upon how much a buyer wants to invest in the survey phase. Surveyors may also test the boat's navigation and safety equipment and inspect other gear and appurtenances, unless those items were tested during the on-water demonstration. They will then issue a written report based on their findings and, most often, their recommendations. For buyers who are overly anxious to purchase a boat, it may also be the objective second opinion they might not ask for, but may in fact need. Page 102 •

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Walking the docks is a great way to ﬁnd a boat for sale, as well as a brokerage. It's also a great way to familiarize yourself with what's out there.

After all, a surveyor gets paid whether the buyers purchase the boat or not. If our buyers are uncomfortable at this point and discover problems or issues that the seller cannot — or is unable to — correct, they may decline the boat. At this point, they might have spent between $1,000-2,000 dollars for the haulout and survey. This is what's called the 'cost of walking away'. While this is not an everyday occurrence, it's not uncommon. If it doesn't feel right, as they say, it's time to walk away. Most often, our buyers will decide they are pleased with the boat, but discover some issues to be resolved. These could be major repairs or simple adjustments. In most cases, buyer and seller will negotiate through the broker, each giving a little. Occasionally, both sides will dig in and refuse to budge. A novice boat buyer may get some necessary guidance from a knowledgeable broker at this point. A smart seller may seize an opportunity that may not present itself again. Often, a buyer and seller will split the cost of reasonable repairs, which are generally defined as those items that must be accomplished or repaired to bring the boat into survey condition, or the applicable standards to make sure the vessel is insurable. Other items might be more personal in nature; i.e., will the seller repaint the cabin sides, allow for new upholstery, or even throw in the dinghy and outboard? At this juncture, it's wise for the buyer to get an estimate for the repairs or items that may affect the structure or safety of the boat. A yard's estimate will give both buyer and seller some guidelines. Many times sellers are genuinely not aware of problems their boat may have upon

survey, and might be just as chagrined as the potential buyer is. If a deal reaches a stalemate, it might be wise for a buyer to consider making a compromise. They can adjust the price until they feel comfortable, and do the necessary repairs themselves. The reasoning here is that most times buyers have a little more incentive to make repairs to their newly purchased boat, while the seller, who wants to see it go away, may do the minimum necessary to finalize the deal. The Last Step Both the buyer and the seller (not to mention the broker) are now ready to wrap up the deal. The buyers have been poring over the survey and arranging to have the recommendations corrected. The seller will usually be waiting to see how much this will cost, and eventually settle on a final price. The buyers will have spent hours at the boatyard and will more than likely be ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work. With few exceptions the seller, who has probably invested years of work and large sums of money maintaining the boat, is more than likely ready to let it go. The buyers will now discuss any further work with the boatyard. If all conditions are met and the sale concludes while the boat is still hauled, then responsibility for the boat transfers from the seller to the buyers. Some brokers recommend never leaving a boat hauled. Boatyards will generally give you a good price for a second haul if bottom work is needed. Leaving a boat on the hard in the yard often (some would say always) leads to problems and puts undue pressure on the deal. If financing is involved, then an insurance binder will almost always be contingent upon survey recommenda-

HOW TO FIND (AND BUY) A BOAT tions being completed and signed off by the surveyor. And an insurance binder is almost always mandatory before a lending institution will issue a check for the boat. This may seem like putting the cart before the horse, but that's the way it works. Unless the boat is in compliance with the survey items, it generally will not qualify for insurance and, therefore, financing. This sometimes creates a stalemate. The buyer, who doesn't own the boat yet, may be reluctant to shell out money for repairs until the deal is closed, especially if these repairs are deferred maintenance. The seller may not be agreeable, or may not have the funds, to make the necessary adjustments, and may disagree with the survey and recommendations, or the cost to repair and/or adjust them (especially blister repairs). And unless specifically agreed otherwise (a rare occurrence), sellers are under no obligation to correct any item. Was the offer 'as is', or will the seller agree to remedy reasonable adjustments and repairs? A little planning strategy, often with the

assistance of the broker before the actual haulout, can pay off here. Handing Over the Keys When the dust in the boatyard finally settles, the seller will sign over the ownership documents and the buyers will take possession of their new boat. The broker will make certain the boat has clear title with no liens or encumbrances before issuing a check to the seller. Brokers licensed by the state cannot advertise a boat unless they have proof of ownership, which is done at the listing stage. The broker will typically engage a title company to confirm the boat does not have any liens on it via an "abstract of Title" which is done through the Coast Guard. Once the sale has been completed, the buyers will now own a new boat. The broker will apply the residual from their deposit (less the costs of buyerauthorized surveys and repairs) to the final agreed purchase price. If the vessel is Coast Guard-documented, the bank will usually insist on a documentation service to process the title. For state

registration (CF number), the bank will usually require the broker to collect tax and transfer fees and register the boat for the lending institution. If the transaction does not involve a loan, the buyers will normally get the title and a final closing statement from the broker, listing all deposits and expenditures, upon closing, or paying the final balance due. Once our buyers have finished in the boatyard, they may actually have to learn to sail or operate the boat they just bought (a surprisingly large number of boat buyers have little or no experience). They may get qualified instruction from local sailing schools and programs, or sign up for piloting and navigation courses to sharpen their skills. And if the boat is meant to beat the high cost of real estate in the Bay Area, they will spend as much time on their floating home as possible, since everyone knows how difficult it is to be a liveaboard on the Bay. And finally, our broker will sleep soundly at night, because whatever their reason, destination or dream, our buyers have now become proud new boatowners. — john "woody" skoriak

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MAX EBB — We bring you part 2 of the Etymological Dictionary of Modern Nautical Jargon. This is a new edition of Lee Helm's Modern Sailing Lexicon that was first published in 2010. icebreaker bow n. bow with sufficient rake to absorb a hard docking with no damage. icebreaker docking n. docking maneuver that causes bow to ride up on dock, due to bow rake, with no damage to boat. in-line sail change n. a sail change made without significant course alteration. Most applicable to large, fast multihulls which typically bear away to unload sails during a change. Italian douse n. spinnaker douse with sheets and halyard left attached for next hoist. jewelry box n. container for blocks, shackles, cars, winch handles and other small, expensive gear. jump, jump the halyard v. to raise a sail quickly by rapidly and repeatedly hanging from the halyard and pulling down at the point where it exits the mast. kitemare, n. narrative of a kiteboard accident. Kiwi douse n. spinnaker douse similar to Mexican Takedown, but with a symmetrical spinnaker (first used in 1987 America's Cup by New Zealand). knock n. 1) header 2) sudden strong gust of wind. lead mine n. heavily ballasted yacht, often applied to early IOR designs (used by multihull sailors to refer to all ballasted yachts). leech-flake v. flaking a sail so that the leech is stacked on top of itself. lefty n. wind shift to the left. letterbox douse n. spinnaker douse in which the spinnaker is pulled between loose-footed mainsail and boom. leverage n. separation distance at right angles to the wind or course, producing a strategic advantage in the event of favorable wind shift or current gradient. low pole take-off v. process of removing spinnaker pole on a squared-back asymmetrical by rolling to windward (reportedly coined by Stan Honey, as used by Kame Richards at Pac Cup seminar on Oct. 8, 2011). luff-flake v. flaking a sail so that the luff is stacked on top of itself. luggage-tagged v. tied with a cowhitch (scuttlebutt 3241, on fiber lifeline attachment).

PHOTOS LATITUDE / TIM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED mad scientists' convention n. postrace discussion among technicallyinclined skippers and crew. made adj. condition in which the spinnaker pole is re-connected to both the mast and the after guy at the conclusion of a jibe. Usually hailed by the foredeck crew indicating condition has been reached. making trees v. moving sufficiently faster than another boat so that the background scenery appears to be moving forward behind them. malarea n. (from "more area") design strategy for boats not racing under a measurement rule (first applied to America's Cup boats in 1988). mark trap n. (team racing) delaying competitor at mark by entering twolength circle first and stalling while teammate gains place. mastectomy n. 1 the act of lowering mast for maintenance or repair; 2 dismasting. meat hook n. broken strand of wire projecting a short distance from the surface of a wire rope. millionaire's tape n. very expensive extruded Teflon tape with superior antichafe characteristics. mo-mo n. motor, especially a small outboard auxiliary. mowing the lawn v. windsurfing on alternating reaches without attempting any particularly challenging maneuvers or making any net progress toward a destination (Bill Prinzmetal at Cal Sailing Club, May 2008).

kitemare n. narrative of a kiteboard accident.

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noodle n. exceptionally thin and flexible mast. office n. chart table or nav station offside adj. port-tack controls during pre-start, "offside trim." on the handles adj. grinding winches ooker n. Cunningham overhaul v. take up slack parade n. reaching leg with little

opportunity to pass or to be passed by another competitor. parking lot n. local region of negligible wind, usually containing at least several racing yachts. Races with several parking lots might have these areas designated "lot A," "lot B," etc. by racers. parking ticket n. 1) time lost in a parking lot. 2) bad call that results in time lost in a parking lot. passing lanes n. opportunities to pass, usually created by wind shifts. permanent n. permanent but adjustable backstay, to distinguish it from running backstays. pickle dish n. trophy pinball v. to tack two or more times at short intervals between obstructions or right-of-way boats. Pinocchio boat n. sport boat with retractable bowsprit. ping pong v. taking frequent tacks to get clear air after a second-row start in a large fleet (Chris Perkins, Scuttlebutt 3702, referring to J-105 North Americans). pointy end n. the bow poker n. retractable bowsprit pop-jibe n. method of jibing an asymmetrical spinnaker in which the sail pops open suddenly on the new jibe.

MODERN NAUTICAL JARGON DICTIONARY PT. 2 afterguard of AmericaOne on Jan 30, 2000). sea douche n. accident involving serious body-cavity injuries caused by a PWC waterjet discharge. send it v. 1) to hoist or raise, as referring to a sail being set. Usually used as a command. 2) to attempt big, risky, audacious maneuvers with confidence and gusto (as in wind or kitesurfing). sewer n. the belowdecks space on a large racing yacht with minimal accommodations. schmundo n. any kind of sealing, filling or caulking compound (regional to Annapolis area, reported in Scuttlebutt 752). showtime n. dock time, time at which crew are expected to arrive at the boat. shrapnel n. bits of metal hardware, such as blocks and shackles, normally stored in the jewelry box. sit on their face v. to closely cover a competitor, matching them tack-for-tack and keeping them in bad air. skirt v. to flip the foot of the jib inboard of lifelines or other obstructions. small craft advisory n. weather condition in which commercial ships are advised to watch out for small craft, because the wind is up and everyone is out sailing (Cal Sailing Club, 1973).

pumps n. pedestal winch handles or coffee grinder. QFB adj. quite far back racer chaser n. person, most often female, with disproportionate attraction to race crew. See dock bunny racing stripes n. fenders accidentally left out during race. rail meat n. crew selected primarily for their weight.

rag the main v. to let the mainsail luff or flog ineffectively. relax v. ease sail adjustments for downwind or light air, "relax the main." righty n. wind shift to the right

roll v. drive over a competitor on the same tack. rollies n, pl. symptom of marginal control while sailing downwind in heavy weather, characterized by rhythmic rolling through large angles. room, the n. protest room, protest procedure in general. As in "Take it to The Room." rope monkey n. minimally skilled crew not heavy enough to be rail meat. round the world n. unintentional maneuver on trapeze wire, involving swinging around the bow to the leeward side. runway n. available distance on present course before running out of water depth (used on Maltese Falcon while daysailing in San Francisco Bay, October 5, 2008). sacred wood n. the tiller (even if not made of wood) (popularized by Rob Moore on Olson 25 E-Ticket). E-Ticket sand bag n. crew position, usually entry level, involving little more than positioning oneself on the correct side of the boat. sardined v. caught between layline and right-of-way competitor (used by

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This could be a roll v. in progress, where one boat drives over a competitor on the same tack. Or the windward boat could be sitting on their face v. or closely covering their competitor.

Spooner slide n. baseball-style slide across the trampoline deck into the new windward cockpit during a tack (developed by Joe Spooner on Oracle AC-72, 2013 defense). starfished adj. positioned for optimum weight placement and low wind resistance on a narrow windward hull or ama. Arms, feet and head resemble a five-point star (Cam Lewis, A-cup coverage, February 12, 2010). sled n. large ultralight racer with best performance "downhill." sleep v. 1) "sleep the boat," to heel the boat to leeward in light air 2) "put the main to sleep," to flatten the mainSeptember, 2018 •

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Sled n. large ultralight racer with best perfromance downhill adj. or downwind. Philippe Kahn's sled 'Pegasus' struts her stuff on her way to winning the 2001 Transpac.

sail to the point where it has almost no power, but does not luff despite very high windspeed (popularized by Bob Klein on Amateur Hour and Leading Lady). snacktician n. member of crew primarily responsible for food. soak v. to sail below polars for tactical advantage, probably from "soaking up" extra speed and turning some of it into a positional advantage (used in '03 America's Cup). soft, soft trim adj. trimmed so that there is slight luffing, or luffing more often than stalling. spaghetti n. disorganized sheet and halyard tails, usually piled together in a common tangle.

spaghetti patrol n. the crew position responsible for, or the process of, methodically untangling and making up sheet and halyard tails. speed bump n. sailmaker's term for unwanted wrinkle in a new sail. spike v. to release a trigger lock-type shackle under heavy load using a fid, marlinspike or similar tool. Page 106 •

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spinny n. spinnaker spinnaker neck n. sore or stiff neck suffered by spinnaker trimmer (despite widespread epidemiology, spinnaker neck is not yet recognized by the American Council of Sports Medicine). spinnaker thong n. drawstring used to reduce the power of a spinnaker by creating a deep crease along the centerline. See elephant ass (coined by Sylvia Petroka and Synthia Seaberg during 2004 Pacific Cup). spitting out the back v. (team racing) forcing a competitor into last place. splash v. to launch, especially by a boatyard, as in "no cash, no splash." square back v. bring the pole back to a dead-run position, usually immediately preceding a jibe. square waves n. 1) very steep waves or chop (square waves can be approximated by inputting the appropriate Fourier coefficients into a model tank wave generator, but this tends to damage the machine). 2) sea condition in which the wave period in seconds is equal to or less than the wave height in feet. squash v. flatten out or reduce heel, "squash the boat." squirrel 1) n. crew position responsible for gathering spinnaker through forward hatch, from below deck 2) v. to gather spinnaker through forward hatch from below deck. steam gauge n. 1) knotmeter 2) anemometer steel balls n. pre-start maneuver

involving backing down and falling off on port tack to pass below stern of starboard-tack competitor in controlling position. stick n. mast stick boat n. 1) utility launch steered by a vertical lever (common usage at California Maritime Academy in 2016). 2) any boat steered with a tiller. stink, blowing like adv. extremely windy strapped adj. overtrimmed stretch and blow n. spinnaker douse with tight afterguy and tight sheet during halyard release. string n. any line or rope string sail n. a sail reinforced with discrete fiber bundles aligned with principal load paths and bonded to a membrane (used disparagingly by North Sails to describe non-3Di sail construction). sucking up v. working up from just ahead and to leeward of a competitor to a covering position by taking advantage of the lift in the "safe leeward" position. swallow the anchor v. to give up all forms of boating. swannaby n. yacht that mimics the superficial styling characteristics of the "Swan" line by Nautor. tee up v. to prepare a sail for hoisting; "Tee up the #3."

tea bagging v. to lose control of one's feet while trapezing from a dinghy, and drag alongside the boat on the wire. teak surfing v. dragging in the water behind a boat by holding on to the swim step. More commonly applied to powerboats (involves serious risk of carbon monoxide monoxide poisoning). telephone pole n. very stiff or overbuilt mast. three-sail reach n. point of sail on which main, jib and spinnaker all work effectively. thrompkin n. anti-abrasion plate on mast at whisker pole fitting. Usage is local to Thistle and Lido 14 classes. thumbtack v. to capsize and turn turtle so that the mast becomes stuck in the mud. tiller bum or tiller butt n. medical condition caused by prolonged steering

Tinkerbelle v. to hang from a trapeze wire while swinging through an arc, sometimes ending on the opposite side of the boat. See round the world tomato mark n. small red spherical racing mark. tower hike v. to trapeze with feet on the shoulders of another crew who is hiking out. tractor v. to assist the clew of an overlapping jib around the mast and rigging during a tack. trans-nasally adv. method of paying for marine hardware. trawler trash n. liveaboard cultural equiv. of trailer trash. trip reef n. flattening reef trip v. to release the spinnaker pole from the guy and/or the mast. Often used by the driver as a command to the foredeck crew at the beginning of a jibe. tumbleweeding v. unintentional aft displacement of crew as a result of water impact (first seen in print on February 23, 2006 by Pirates of the Caribbean and Alinghi bowman Curtis Blewett in Scuttlebutt 2038). tupperwares n. pl. fiberglass boats twing, tweaker n. floating lead block that the spinnaker sheet is led through,

used to improve the lead angle when the sheet is functioning as an afterguy, or to keep the sheet clear of the main boom. uphill adj. upwind. vertical learning curve n. condition in which boat speed improves dramatically with each race (used extensively by commentators during America's Cup 2013). vanity jibe n. an unnecessary jibe or modified jibe timing, done for the sole purpose of passing close to yacht club, committee boat, waterfront restaurant, or spectators on shore. victory roll n. tight 360-degree turn performed under sail in front of the yacht club after returning from a race, to indicate a confirmed first-place finish (Berkeley Yacht Club, 1980s). wallet-based adj. driven more by money than by expertise. walk strings v. to shift spinnaker gear so that the sail is ready to set on the opposite tack. wheelie n. abrupt nose-down pitch, stuffing bows of catamaran while foiling, usually well short of a pitchpole (used by Gary Jobson and/or Ken Reed during 2013 America's Cup challenger elimination series).

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whirlies n. condition of disorientation while steering at night. whisky tango foxtrot. expletive, expression of disbelief and/or surprise. white sails n. non-spinnaker sails wind-up sail n. roller furling sail wire n. trapeze wire, as in "on the wire," referring to trapezing. wound, wound up adj. lifted yard sale n. cabin of boat that has experienced a severe knockdown or rollover causing many items to have shifted from their stowed positions. zero-gravity room n. forepeak, aft cockpit locker or lazarette space on ocean racer. — max ebb

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THE RACING With reports from the International 14 Worlds, the Drake's Bay Race, the North Americans for Laser Masters, 5O5s, Star Boats and Hobie 18s, the Double Damned, the One More Time Regatta, and the Zongo Yachting Cup, plus Race Notes and a diverse plethora of Box Scores.

Skiffies Rule the Circle The 2018 International 14 World Championships kicked off at Richmond Yacht Club with two days of team racing off Richmond's Point Potrero on August 12-13. Designed to build team spirit and encourage knowledge-sharing in this historically innovative class, team racing at the Worlds dates back to the 1930s. Six teams of four skiffs participated, with two teams from Germany and one each from the US, the UK, Australia and Canada. The Great British Shake'n'Bake Off team led Day 1 of round-robin racing with four straight victories. The semifinal and final were best out of three on Day 2. GBSnBO put away Germany One in just two races in the semifinal; Australia advanced over Team USA 2-1. The Brits took home the ultimate title with two straight victories over the Ozzies. British father and son Andy and Tom Partington used the team win to catapult themselves to two straight bullets in individual racing, which started on Friday, August 17, on the Berkeley Circle. One long race was scheduled per day. Conditions were that of typical San Francisco summer sailing: breezy and choppy. Race 1 got underway with the majority of the fleet peeling off to the north hoping for some protection behind Angel Island. Local boys Kirk Twardowski and Matt Skafel on Atomic Punk were

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the first to round the top mark. "Some of the competitors certainly will say that it's perhaps a little more exciting than they wanted it to be, but for those of us who are watching, it's spectacular," said regatta chair Tim Knowles. "To see these boats under spinnaker, they look like they're riding a bucking bronco, bouncing up and down, centerboards out of the water, and flying, absolutely flying." Speaking of bucking broncos, the boneyard was busy with plenty of upside-down and otherwise shattered carbon pieces — T-foils, spreaders and at least one mast. The number of DNFs was in direct proportion to the increasing sea state over the first three days of racing. It was in Race 3 that the Partingtons' rudder foil parted from the rudder on their two-year-old skiff. "It cost about 20 boats," said Andy. "It makes a huge difference." They finished 25th, so Race 3 would be their throwout. (They replaced the blade for Race 4.) "The Bay has a way of finding the weakness in people's boats, but I think most of those weaknesses have now been eliminated," said PRO Del Olsen after Race 3. Challenging conditions are what brought the fleet back to RYC (also the host of the 1997 I-14 Worlds), and the race committee planned accordingly,

organizing a team of highly skilled volunteers and a check-in system to ensure every boat was accounted for. "We have over 40 people out there every single day. They have been pushed, and I think they're doing exceptionally well. I'm very proud of them," said Knowles. Race 4 was the day of the DNS: Conditions looked to be the worst yet, and a fifth of the fleet opted for an extra rest day rather than more boat work. Del Olsen insisted it wouldn't be as bad as it looked, and indeed it wasn't. Lighter conditions — a max windspeed of 18 at the finish — shook up the leaderboard. Team GB's Neale Jones and Edward FitzGerald were tied for first with Ozzies Lindsay Irwin and Andrew Perry going into the final days of racing. Winds softened a bit for Race 5. Tight covering by the Partingtons allowed them to haul in another win — their third in five races. Built for heavier air, the German team of Georg Borkenstein and Eike Dietrich, who had topped the leaderboard after Race 4, had to settle for a mid-fleet performance. They say that theirs is an older, leaky, budget boat with old sails. Wednesday was a layday; the penultimate race was sailed on Thursday, August 23, under foggy — then smoky — skies. After a general recall, the sixth race began with Australians Mark Krstic and James Lanati starting with the main contenders at the pin end but boxed in, where they took the risky decision of clear air and tacked off to go right. It paid

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off for them, as they rounded the windward mark in first place and led to the finish. After a bad start, the Partingtons fought their way through the fleet, taking place after place, bringing themselves up to third. The seventh and final race was held on Friday the 24th. Half an hour before the first gun the weather-mark boat reported winds of 8-9 knots from 225°. Near the end of the race the wind did pick up, but the direction stayed consistent, and with a small ebb the wind waves didn't seem to cause much harm. "We had a tricky start today where a few boats pinched up so we had to then tack off," said Tom Partington afterward, "but we always had our eye on the other competitors that we needed to beat today." A third place was enough to keep them 8 points ahead of the competition. "We sail out of Hayling Island Sailing Club in the south of UK, in light weather all year long," said Tom's father, Andy. "The last few days here have been a lot more controllable. The first few days were very, very tough." "We've had our good times and our bad times, but it's great," said Tom about sailing with his dad. "We've been sailing on 14s for about 13 years now. I did a year or so in the 29er, then I moved into the 14. Dad needed crew, so I've crewed for him from then on. We've really got our routine sorted. I was calling upwind lay-

lines, he was calling downwind laylines, and we tried to be as conservative as we could." Of the courses, Tom commented: "There was a bit of line bias every now and then depending on whether the wind shifted. It tended to pay to go right predominantly, and we often got quite a good lane out on port." This is the team's first world championship, and the sixth they've competed in. "We came close 10 years ago. We're going to Perth next — more heavy wind." After the regatta's conclusion, they had two weeks to explore the Bay Area. "If we'd have had a holiday before, I wouldn't have relaxed," said Andy. The race committee did a stellar job, with precise signals, as close to fair courses as you can get without delays, great radio communication, and an overlying sense of safety for the competitors. — jenn virskus, ncs & latitude/chris I-14 WORLDS, RYC, 8/12-24 (7r, 1t) INDIVIDUAL — 1) Penguin Dance, Andy & Tom Partington, GBR, 15 points; 2) Scrumpet, Neale Jones/Edward FitzGerald, GBR, 23; 3) Just in Time, Georg Borkenstein/Eike Dietrich, GER, 25; 4) Ronstan/Irwin Sails, Lindsay Irwin/Andrew Perry, AUS, 29; 5) Too Late to Stop Now, Mark Krstic/James Lanati, AUS, 29.8; 6) Helly the Pelly, Daniel Holman/Alex Knight, GBR, 32; 7) Wang Wang, David Hayter/Trent Neighbour, AUS, 33; 8) Marilyn, Douglas Pattison/Mark Tait, GBR, 34; 9)

Smash It, Andy FitzGerald/Rich Dobson, GBR, 45; 10) Eris, Mikey Radziejowski/Evan Sjostedt, USA, 58. (60 boats) TEAM — 1) Great British Shake 'n' Bake Off; 2) Australia; 3) Germany One. (6 teams; 24 boats) Full results at www.i14worlds2018.com

The Tune of the Fog Visibility was, at times, a real challenge for the OYRA and Singlehanded Sailing Society fleets in the Drake's Bay Race on August 18-19. When sight is impaired, humans tune into their sense of hearing. On that foggy weekend, racers were surrounded by a veritable symphony of sound. For more racing news, subscribe to 'Lectronic Latitude online at www.latitude38.com September's racing stories included: • Ronstan Bridge to Bridge • Golden Globe Race • Newport to Bermuda Race • Sailing World Championships • Take the Tiller Regatta • Kauai Channel Race • RYC Beer Cans • King Harbor Race • Franks Tract Regatta • YRA Encinal Regatta • More I-14 Worlds and Drake's Bay Race • Previews of Labor Day Weekend Regattas, Rolex Big Boat Series, September races, Zongo Cup, and more.

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Scenes from the Drake's Bay Race — what we could see of it. Clockwise from top left: Saturday's start at CYC, with City skyscrapers poking out of the fog bank (note the wind line right at the pin); Fred Cook's beautifully restored Cal 40 'Sequoia' in beautiful Drake's Bay; Sunday's drifting start sends the racers off into the great unseen; Brian Turner's Beneteau 10R 'CruzSea Baby' racing on Sunday. For more photos, see August 20's 'Lectronic Latitude at www.latitude38.com.

From Saturday's start at the Corinthian YC in Marin, racers were already hearing the foghorns on the Golden Gate Bridge: one low tone for the South Tower, two higher notes for the center of the span. Not long after the start, two outbound ships added foghorns of their own. Out on the ocean, the sounds of sea life were sometimes eerie, and included whales blowing and murre chicks cheeping to their squawking dads. When the fog lowered to the surface of the calm waters, even the racers were blowing horns in the extreme low-visibility conditions. As the sailors approached the Drake's Bay anchorage, they could hear the Chimney Rock buoy sounding its six-second "whistle" (which sounds more like a horn) and the bellows of the resident elephant seals. As night fell the fog condensed onto boats and people, making for a damp evening. The only sun on Sunday was west of the Golden Gate Bridge, and it sure felt good after two days in the fog. The light air prompted many dropouts on both days — a far cry from last year's rockin' and rollin' big-breeze bash. — latitude/chris Page 110 •

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OYRA DRAKE'S BAY RACE I, 8/18 PHRO 1 — 1) Adrenalin, SC50C, Mark Howe; 2) Twist, J/120, Timo Bruck. (3 boats) PHRO 2 — 1) CruzSea Baby, Beneteau First 10R, Brian Turner; 2) Elan, Express 37, Jack Peurach; 3) Escapade, Express 37, Nick Schmidt. (8 boats) PHRO 3 — 1) Sequoia, Cal 40, Fred Cook; 2) Salty Hotel, Express 27, John Kearney; 3) Sea Star, Cal 39, Bob Walden. (8 boats) SHS — 1) Hang 20, Express 27, Lori Tewksbury/Adam Mazurkiewicz; 2) Tiki Blue, Beneteau 423, Gary Troxel/Rune Storesund; 3) Zsa Zsa, 1D35, Stanley Glaros. (5 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Round Midnight, Explorer 44, Richard Waltonsmith; 2) Raven, F-27, Truls Myklebust. (3 boats) OYRA DRAKE'S BAY RACE II, 8/19 PHRO 1 — No ﬁnishers. (1 boat) PHRO 2 — 1) Escapade; 2) Raven, C&C 115, Brice Dunwoodie; 3) Dawn's Early Light, J/36, Kevin Mills. (8 boats) PHRO 3 — 1) Salty Hotel; 2) Ahi, Santana 35, Andy Newell; 3) Sequoia. (8 boats) SHS — 1) Hang 20; 2) Nancy, Wyliecat 30, Pat Broderick/Ross Bliven; 3) Sweet Pea, Islander 30-2, Jan Hirsch. (4 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Round Midnight. (2 boats) SSS DRAKE'S BAY RACE, 8/18-19 (2r, 0t)

SINGLEHANDED MONOHULL — 1) Sweet Pea, Islander 30-2, Jan Hirsch, 9 points. (5 boats) DOUBLEHANDED MONOHULL — 1) Arcadia, Mod. Santana 27, Gordie Nash/Ruth Suzuki, 2 points; 2) Nightmare, Wilderness 30 SX, Greg Ashby/Tom Boussie, 4; 3) Outsider, Azzura 310, Greg Nelsen/Karl Crawford, 7. (7 boats) SINGLEHANDED MULTIHULL — 1) Raven, F-27, Truls Myklebust, 3 points. (1 boat) DOUBLEHANDED MULTIHULL — No ﬁnishers. (1 boat) Full results at www.jibeset.net

A Trio of North Americans St. Francis YC hosted the Laser Masters North Americans on July 20-22. Twelve-time Masters world champion Brett Beyer dominated the Standard division with only one blemish to his perfect score line. Newport Harbor YC's Charlie Buckingham and Mantoloking YC's Peter Hurley traded seconds and thirds throughout the regatta. "There was quite a battle behind Beyer, with Charlie Buckingham besting Peter Hurley in the final race to edge him for second overall," said regatta chair Tracy Usher. Andrew Holdsworth, sailing for St. Francis, racked up a number of bullets, but not all. A thrilling capsize about 100 yards from the finish during one of the final races threatened his overall standings, but he sailed back into first place during the ninth race, edging out Bill

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Scenes of summer. Clockwise from top left: Close Cal 20 racing in the Double Damned on August 4; Star NA leaders Paul Cayard/Arthur Lopes (left) and Eric Doyle/Payson Infelise on August 16; Malcolm Lamphere (#61) won the final round against Chris Barnard in StFYC's Laser Slalom on July 18; Tony Pohl's Farr 40 'Twist' won the YRA Encinal Regatta Point Bonita race overall on July 28.

hurts a little more to hike out." He added, "You'd better be on your toes, and on your game every second, or there are people passing you from every angle. Because everybody's fast and everybody's tough." We note that Charlie Buckingham, whom we profiled in the May issue of Latitude 38, finished on the podium in both the Lasers and Stars. — latitude/chris LASER MASTER NORTH AMERICANS, StFYC, 7/20-22 (9r, 1t) STANDARD — 1) Brett Beyer, Woollahra SC, 24 points; 2) Charlie Buckingham, NHYC, 36; 3) Peter Hurley, Mantoloking YC, 37. (13 boats) RADIAL — 1) Andrew Holdsworth, StFYC, 28 points; 2) Bill Symes, NHYC/WSC, 29; 3) Emilio Castelli, RYC, 33; 4) Walt Spevak, StFYC/Okoboji YC, 40. (16 boats) Full results at www.stfyc.com 5O5 NAs, StFYC, 8/8-13 (11r, 1t) 1) Mike Martin/Adam Lowry, StFYC, 9 points; 2) Howard Hamlin/Andy Zinn, ABYC/NHYC, 29; 3) Ted Conrads/Jeffrey Nelson, Donner Lake YC, 31; 4) Jesse Kirkland/Reeve Dunne, RBYC, 35; 5) Parker Shinn/Eric Anderson, StFYC/YCYC, 37. (23 boats) Full results at www.stfyc.com

STAR NAs, CALIFORNIA YC, 8/14-19 (8r, 1t) 1) Eric Doyle/Payson Infelise, SDYC/NHYC, 13 points; 2) Paul Cayard/Arthur Lopes, StFYC, 19; 3) Charlie Buckingham/Jamie Buchan, NHYC/ Seattle YC, 35; 4) Mark Reynolds/Roger Cheer, SDYC, 37; 5) Peter Vessella/Phil Trinter, StFYC, 40; 6) Erik Lidecis/Tim Ray, Bahia Corinthian YC/ Buffalo Canoe Club, 54; 7) Rick Merriman/Rick Peters, SDYC/CalYC, 56; 8) Andrew MacDonald/ Brad Nichol, Scuttlebutt SC/Lake Sunapee YC, 63; 9) Jack Jennings/Craig Monk, Chicago Match Race Ctr, 66; 10) Jim Buckingham/Craig Moss, NHYC/SDYC, 68. (36 boats) Full results at www.calyachtclub.com

Double Damned Dolce After two days of nuking, including 30-megaton H-bomb Thursday and 20-megaton Friday, when it blew 30 with gusts to 35 and 25 with gusts to 30, respectively, we had a race day Saturday in which you could have taken Granny on a tour of the Columbia River Gorge. Twelve boats competed, in sizes and ratings ranging from Stephen Howe's Melges 32 Warpath, with its pro crew, rented crane hoist, and twin-engine tender, to the two Cal 20s from San Francisco Bay, Paul Sutchek's Slainte, making its second appearance in the Double Damned, and my Can O'Whoopass. September, 2018 •

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HOOD RIVER YC DOUBLE DAMNED, 8/4 PHRF — 1) Warpath, Melges 32, Stephen Howe; 2) Slainte, Cal 20, Paul Sutchek; 3) Can O'Whoopass, Cal 20, Richard vonEhrenkrook. (12 boats) Full results at www.hoodriveryachtclub.org

One More Time Regatta The morning of Saturday, July 21, saw Santa Monica Bay and the L.A. ELKHORN YC LITTLE BOREAS RACE, 6/30 1) Rio, SC27, Thomas Faraola; 2) Mistress Quickly, SC27, Evan Diola; 3) Yellow Belly, SC27, Homer Lighthall. (14 boats) Full results at www.jibeset.net SANTANA 22 NATIONALS, MPYC, 7/20-22 (5r, 0t) 1) Windsong, Zachary Grover, MPYC, 7 points; 2) Ecaroh, Patrick Tregenza, MPYC, 18; 3) Alegre, Chris Klein, RYC, 20; 4) Cnidarian, Kate Conway, MPYC, 21. (16 boats) Full results at www.regattanetwork.com OYRA JR WATERHOUSE, 7/21 PHRO 1 — 1) Blue, Swan 53, Ray Paul; 2) Adrenalin, SC50, Mark Howe. (3 boats) PHRO 2 — 1) Benny, J/88, Aya Yamanouchi; 2) Escapade, Express 37, Nick Schmidt; 3) Raven, C&C 115, Brice Dunwoodie. (6 boats) PHRO 3 — 1) Ahi, Santana 35, Andy Newell; 2) Sea Star, Cal 39, Bob Walden; 3) Magical, Catalina 36, Callie Tomlinson. (3 boats) SHS — 1) Hang 20, Express 27, Eric Ochs/ Conrad Holbrook; 2) Nancy, Wyliecat 30, Pat Broderick/Chris Zachrisson; 3) Alchimiste, Archambault 27, Steve & Amanda Kleha. (4 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Raven, F-27, Truls Myklebust; 2) LookinGood II, Corsair 31, Raﬁ Yahalom. (2 boats) Full results at www.jibeset.net SFYC MIDNIGHT MOONLIGHT MARITIME MARATHON, 7/21 1) Bloom County, Mancebo 31, Charles & James Elliott; 2) Salty Hotel, Express 27, John Kearney; 3) Tule Fog, Express 27, Steve Carroll; 4) Baleineau, Olson 34, Charlie Brochard. (17 boats) Full results at www.sfyc.org

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The notorious breeze, so intimidating in the days leading up to the race, topped out at 12 knots, and then only within half a mile of the finish at The Dalles. Warpath took line honors, most of the other boats finished in a clump, and death from behind came with the two Cals duking it out to the very end, finishing within one second of each other and nailing the two other podium spots. Slainte showed cohesive crew work and earned their narrow lead. — richard vonehrenkrook The ketch 'Fairwind' and yawl 'Cheerio II' in the One More Time Regatta on July 21.

basin surrounded by a ring of cumulus and winds at 6-8 knots. The clouds gave way to mostly sunny skies by the 1 p.m. inverted start, and the winds picked up to 15-18 knots at the weather mark. As it turned out the 43rd annual One More Time Wooden Hull Regatta couldn't

THE BOX SCORES SCYC SUMMER MULTIHULL REGATTA, 7/21-22 (8r, 1t) A-CAT — 1) Andy Kolb, 2 points; 2) Mackenzie Cook, 4; 3) Daniel Cook, 5. (3 boats) HOBIE 20 — 1) Mark & Kim Zimmer, 9 points; 2) George Pedrick/Gene Harris, 19; 3) Nate Brown/Emily Wheeler, 21. (8 boats) HOBIE 18 — 1) Thomas Poore, 6 points; 2) Matt Gellerman, 18. (2 boats) HOBIE 16A — 1) Adam Borcherding/Julieanne Jones, 7 points; 2) Mike Montague/Alex Liguori, 13; 3) Ronald & Donna Katz, 21. (5 boats) WETA — 1) Bruce Fleming, 10 points; 2) Christophe Allie, 15; 3) Jonathan Weston, 21. (5 boats) OTHER MULTIHULL — 1) Marco & Alexander Vailetti, Nacra 20, 2 points. (1 boat) Full results at www.regattanetwork.com BAMA JACK REACHER RACE, 7/28 CATAMARAN CRUISING — 1) Sweet & Salty, Catana 431, Damien Campbell. (2 boats) TRIMARAN -300-30 — 1) LookinGood II, Corsair 31, Raﬁ Yahalom; 2) Ocealys 3, Diamond 24, Fred Bouju. (2 boats) TRIMARAN 30-100 — 1) Wind Traveler, Corsair 28cc, Frank Ferree; 2) Wingit, F-27, Amy Wells; 3) Triple Play, F-31, Richard Keller. (6 boats) Full results at www.jibeset.net YRA ENCINAL REGATTA, EYC, 7/28-29 PHRF 1 — 1) Twisted, Farr 40, Michael Pohl; 2) WildCard, SC37, Mark Thomas; 3) Kuai, Melges 32, Daniel Thielman. (5 boats) PHRF 2 — 1) Madmen, J/111, Dorian McKelvy; 2) Swift Ness, J/111, Reuben Rocci; 3) En-

have been held on a better sailing day. 'Popcorn' was everywhere. Other than 5- to 6-ft swells, it was a 'Chamber of Commerce day'. Entries ranged from the 28-ft Ted Geary-designed Valkyrie to the 78-ft Miramar. The latter is famous for having been the only boat to finish the Transpac backwards, when she was known as 'Mir'. She accomplished this feat in 1969 core, Sydney 36, Wayne Koide. (6 boats) PHRF 3 — 1) Benny, J/88, Aya Yamanouchi; 2) Mintaka 4, Farr 38, Gerry Brown; 3) Jeannette, Frers 40, Bob Novy. (12 boats) PHRF 4 — 1) Azure, Cal 40, Rodney Pimentel; 2) Tule Lost, Olson 911S, Joan Byrne; 3) Arcadia, Mod. Santana 27, Gordie Nash. (8 boats) PHRF 5 — 1) Allegro Non Troppo, Alerion Express 28, Bill Claussen; 2) Neja, Dasher 32, Jim Borger; 3) Gypsy Lady, Cal 34 MkI, Val Clayton. (8 boats) EXPRESS 37 — 1) Golden Moon, Kame Richards; 2) Spy vs. Spy, Brendan Busch; 3) Escapade, Nick Schmidt. (7 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Current Affair, Seth Clark; 2) Wile E Coyote, Dan Pruzan; 3) Hang 20, Lori Tewksbury. (7 boats) OVERALL — 1) Twisted; 2) Madmen; 3) WildCard; 4) Allegro Non Troppo; 5) Kuai; 6) Benny; 7) Blue, Swan 53, Ray Paul; 8) Current Affair; 9) Neja; 10) Golden Moon. (53 boats) Full results at www.jibeset.net SANTA BARBARA YC/KHYC SANTA BARBARA TO KING HARBOR RACE, 7/28-29 PHRF A — 1) Amazing Grace, Farr 57, Jim Puckett; 2) Twister, Sydney 41, David Duket; 3) Uhambo, Fast 42, David Chase. (10 boats) PHRF B — 1) Onde Amo, Beneteau First 40.7, Stephen Ashley; 2) Eos, C&C 115, Stephen Lemon; 3) Expression Session, Express 37, Mark Keller. (10 boats) PHRF C — 1) Katin, SunFast 3200, Sarner/ Poiesz; 2) Tigger, J/33, Fred & Suzanne Cottrell; 3) Shockwave, Newport 41S, Mike Grijalva. (9 boats) PHRF D — 1) Rubicon III, Contessa 33, Rodney Percival; 2) Celebrity, Cal 40, Jerry Finnegan; 3) Epic, Laser 28, Vance Newell. (10 boats) ULDB A — 1) Medicine Man, Andrews 63,

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The sun shone on Morro Bay for the light-air start of the 10th Zongo Cup.

when she was dismasted off Koko Head, got turned around and scooted past the line using a mizzen. The backward tendency would be a sort of déjà vu: After finishing the 2018 One More Time, the boat's transmission would only work in reverse. The woodies were in their element, as all finished the 13.6-mile course before 4 p.m. Miramar blasted around the course in a little over an hour and a half. Robert Lane; 2) Wasabi, TP52, Dale Williams; 3) Encore, TP52, John McEntire. (8 boats) ULDB B — 1) Carbon Footprint, Rogers 46, James Devling; 2) Bretwalda 3, Rogers 46, Robert Pethick; 3) Stray Dog, Farr 11s, Cowbell Sailing. (8 boats) ULDB C — 1) Fast Exit, Andrews 40, John Raymont; 2) Timeshaver, J/125, Viggo Torbensen; 3) Warrior, J/125, Laura Schlessinger. (9 boats) ULDB D — 1) Mexican Divorce, 1D35, Neil Fraser; 2) Rock & Roll, J/111, Bernard Girod; 3) Argo 3, J/111, Kenny Kieding/John Vincent. (8 boats) ULDB E — 1) TBD, Synergy 1000, John Staff; 2) Captain Sluggo, Hobie 33, Richard Yabsley; 3) Weegie, Carbon 32, Vincent Valdes. (11 boats) CRUISING — 1) Freedom, Beneteau Oceanis 48, David Normandin; 2) Galene, Catalina 320, Kenneth Recla; 3) Fast Reorrg, Hans Christian 50, Ron Orr. (6 boats) ORCA — 1) Mental Floss II, Corsair 37, Jeff Cohen; 2) Wahoo, G-Force 1400, Bill Gibbs; 3) Chim Chim, Gunboat 62, John Gallagher. (5 boats) Full results at www.sbyc.org HOBIE YOUTH & WOMEN NORTH AMERICANS, HCANA/FYC 8/1-3 (12r, 1t) WOMEN — 1) Christina Bradshaw/Nancy Kornblum, 16 points; 2) Dafna Brown/Teri McKenna, 21; 3) Robbin Mocarski/Ericka Longo, 41. (11 boats) YOUTH — 1) Kat Porter/Grace Modderman, 22 points; 2) Luke Froeb/Julian Skerrett, 32; 3) Ryan Froeb/Caden Bradshaw, 38. (12 boats) Full results at www.regattanetwork.com LASER PCCs, CGRA, 8/3-5 (9r, 1t) LASER — 1) Ian Elliott, Royal Victoria YC/ SALSA, 20 points; 2) John Owen, RVYC, 22;

Line honors and the overall win went to Alejandro Bucagov and two-time winner Bequia, a custom 41-ft cutter. Chris Frost and Distant Star had their best day with a second overall and first in split rigs. Last year's winner Cheerio II was third overall, and skipper Kevin Dickman took a lot of good-natured ribbing because owner Dick McNish was not aboard. Wayne Ettel and the lone schooner, Rose of Sharon, finished fourth in a drag race with Miramar. Miramar was towed in after finishing, and the latest

THE BOX SCORES 3) Ali Fuat Yuvali, NoYC, 23; 4) Kevin Taugher, ABYC, 30. (15 boats) LASER RADIAL — 1) Caleb Yoslov, SFYC/ WCS, 30 points; 2) Cameron Feves, Cabrillo Beach YC, 31; 3) Talia Toland, Seattle YC/RVYC, 38; 4) Lilian Myers, GCYSA, 46; 5) Julian Soto, DRYC, 54; 6) Gavin McJones, California YC, 57; 7) Bastien Rasse, CalYC, 68; 8) Lance Covington, Lakewood YC/GCYSA, 75; 9) Bill Symes, WSC/ NHYC, 80; 10) Owen Timms, Seattle YC, 81. (53 boats) LASER 4.7 — 1) Abbie Carlson, Seattle YC, 10 points; 2) Casey Pickett, Willamette SC, 28; 3) Conrad Miller, Willamette SC/Seattle YC, 33. (11 boats) Full results at www.regattanetwork.com CAL 20 CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS, SHORELINE YC OF LONG BEACH, 8/3-5 (7r, 0t) GOLD — 1) Rubber Dog, Keith Ives, LBYC/ ABYC, 23 points; 2) Lickety Split, Mike Wood, ABYC, 26; 3) Sluggo, William Schopp, Cabrillo Beach YC, 33; 4) Veintiseis, Chuck Clay, ABYC, 35. (19 boats) BRONZE — 1) Sailbad, Bruce Dybens, LBYC, 7 points; 2) Belmar, Liam Haselhorst, 18; 3) Kendee, Ken Schoffstoff, SYC, 23. (11 boats) Full results at www.regattanetwork.com MILE HIGH REGATTA, FYC, 8/3-5 (6r, 1t) HOBIE 20 — 1) George Pedrick/Gene Harris, 8 points; 2) Mark & Tiffany Lewis, 10; 3) Mark & Kim Zimmer, 10. (14 boats) HOBIE 18 — 1) David Peltier/Draven Cortez, 7 points; 2) Steve Murray, 11; 3) Will Schwenger/ Angela McLaughlin, 12. (8 boats) HOBIE 16A — 1) Mike Montague/Kathy Ward,

news is that owner Paul Scripps said, "The boat's doing fine." Full results are at www.dryc.org/racing. The event was so named when a group of yachties got together in 1976 to have a wooden boat race in Santa Monica Bay. The first race had only one finisher due to fog, rain and no wind. Organizer Kathy Hellman said, "Let's do it one more time." The second race had 25-40 knots of wind and huge seas, and one finishing boat managed to punch out all the windows on one side of the committee boat. — andy kopetzky Zongo Yachting Cup On August 11, the biggest sailing race on the Central Coast (Carmel to Point Conception) was enjoyed by a wide variety of 17 boats, from serious racers to serious cruisers. The race from Morro Bay to Avila Beach/Port San Luis (~20 miles) started at 11 a.m. with very light breeze. The wind picked up a little down 15 points; 2) Rex Mitchell/Yasen Nikolov, 17; 3) Kat Porter/Grace Modderman, 18; 4) Adam Borcherding/Julieanne Jones, 22; 5) Blair & Sasha Wallace, 24; 6) Patrick Porter/Heather Matthews, 24. (21 boats) HOBIE 16B — 1) Steven Fair/Todd King, 11 points; 2) Matisse & Dennis Swanson, 13; 3) Mitch & Mike Bennett, 13. (7 boats) Full results at www.regattanetwork.com SFYC SUMMER KEEL, 8/4-5 (5r, 0t) J/105 — 1) Ne*Ne, Tim Russell, 19 points; 2) Maverick, Ian Charles, 20; 3) Blackhawk, Ryan Simmons, 22; 4) Akula, Doug Bailey, 23; 5) Godot, Phillip Laby, 27. (23 boats) Full results at www.sfyc.org RS TERA NAs, DANA POINT YC, 8/4-5 1) Emily Rychlik, Westlake YC, 11 points; 2) Mora Moro, California YC, 14 points; 3) Carl Richter, Community Sailing of Colorado, 21; 4) Oliver Ernest, Dana West YC, 28; 5) Jake Arne Johansson, Bahia Corinthian YC, 30; 6) Kate Sweeney, DPYC/LMVYC, 37; 7) Jonathan McGraw, Dana West YC, 42. (29 boats) Full results at www.rsterana.org or www.dpyc.org ACYC FRANKS TRACT REGATTA, 8/4-5 (3r,0t) RACING — 1) Stink Eye, Laser 28, Christine Weaver/Jonathan Gutoff, RYC, 3 points; 2) Sosega ll, J/24, Andrew Bongiorno, No YC. (2 boats) CRUISING — 1) Miss Savannah, Morgan 30/2, Jillian & Budge Humphreys, SSC, 5 points; 2) Slum Dog, Olson 30, Mike Little, SSC, 7; 3) Sir Leansalot, Hunter 40, Tom Lueck, SSC, 7. (6 boats) Full results at www.regattanetwork.com JUNIOR SABOT NATIONALS, LBYC, 8/8 (3r, 0t) GOLD — 1) Peter Busch, SDYC, 7 points; 2) Aidan Hoogland, SDYC, 20; 3) Samantha GardSeptember, 2018 •

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THE RACING the course, but only up to about 11 knots by the time we finished on Tony Gomez's Morro Bay YC Farr 40 High 5. (As a sign of yacht club cooperation/interaction, we had Chris Barrett on board as crew. He is commodore of San Luis YC. I was driving High 5, and I am also an SLYC member.) We were the first boat to finish, and ironically the most wind we saw was after we crossed the finish line at about 2:20 p.m., dropped the chute, and turned into Port San Luis. Suddenly we had our fastest boatspeed of the day (7.8 knots) with just the main up. The boats behind us benefited from the building breeze, and a few were able to beat us on corrected time. The Santa Cruz 27 Janina was very well sailed and won on corrected time. Any boats not able to finish by 5 p.m. got a DNF. This year was different in that we started with clear skies in Morro Bay and sailed into thick fog (visibility was only about 30 yards). It's usually the opposite, with Avila Beach reliably sunny. The race is organized by Paul Irving of ner, SDYC, 21; 4) Mackenzie Harris, SDYC, 22; 5) Jack Roman, NHYC, 25; 6) Piper Holthus, SDYC, 28; 7) Bobby Little, ABYC, 34. (30 boats) SILVER — 1) Reade Decker, LIYC, 3 points; 2) Shane Tillson, MBYC, 21; 3) Ethan Simpson, LIYC, 23; 4) Alice Schmid, SDYC, 27; 5) Samantha Hemans, BYC, 28; Kaden Miller, MBYC, 28; 7) Max Olson, CorYC, 31. (30 boats) BRONZE — 1) Nikolina Sentovich, NHYC, 9 points; 2) Alex Lech, LBYC, 19; 3) Tate Oyler, NHYC, 21; 4) Taylor Bartell, BYC, 28; 5) Carter Immel, BCYC, 29; Walter McFarland, LBYC, 29; 7) Grace Ortega, NHYC, 31. (31 boats) IRON — 1) Ava Gustafson, SDYC, 10 points; 2) Emily Wolken, LIYC, 12; 3) Adam Mead, BCYC, 14; 4) Nevin Elliott, BYC, 18; 5) Emily Otto, SDYC, 19; 6) Will Ingham, LIYC, 20. (26 boats) Full results at www.lbyc.org MPYC KONINGSHOFER REGATTA, 8/8 (3r, ot) SHIELDS — 1) Yankee, Michael Polkabla, 5 points; 2) Rolly, Pakhtun Shah, 7; 3) Stillwater, Garth Hobson, 9. (9 boats) Full results at www.regattanetwork.com MOORE 24 NATIONALS, HRYC, 8/10-12 (8r 0t) 1) More Uff Da, Ben Braden, Sloop Tavern YC, 26 points; 2) Mooretician, Peter Schoen, TYC, 29; 3) Wet Spot, John Verdoia, StFYC, 38. (12 boats) Full results at www.hoodriveryachtclub.org BENYC-VYC CARQUINEZ CHALLENGE, 8/11 1) Evil Octopus, F-18, Nicholas Grebe, BenYC; 2) E Ticket, Beneteau Morrin, Noble Griswold, BenYC; 3) Troubles, Schock 35, Thomas Page 114 •

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Bay Area kiter Daniela Moroz won gold at the Hempel Sailing World Championships on August 11, the only medal for the USA at the regatta in Denmark. — photo courtesy US Sailing

the Zongo All Stars band and was supported by Morro Bay YC, which had prerace food and festivities Friday evening and Saturday morning. San Luis YC is on the finishing end of the race in Avila Beach and hosted all the racers for the post-race fibbing, eating, drinking and awards. — roger briggs

THE BOX SCORES Ochs, VYC. (13 boats) Full results at www.jibeset.net SCYC DAY ON MONTEREY BAY, 8/12 DIVISION 1 — 1) Octavia, SC50, Shep Kett; 2) Astra, Farr 40, Simon Phillips; 3) Animal, Sydney 38, Matt Lezen. (6 boats) DIVISION 2 — 1) Sticky Fingers, Olson 25, Bob Kalpin; 2) Kemosabe, J/105, John Martinelli; 3) Gandalf, Santana 35, Ashley Basanese. (12 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Sailing Pair a Dice, Catalina 30, Barry Keeler; 2) Kind Woman, Hunter 34, Cormac Carey; 3) Tusitala, C&C 40, John Nugent. (11 boats) Full results at www.scyc.org MERCURY NATIONALS, LAYC, 8/16-19 (5r, 0t) 1) Frenzy Too, Chris Messano/Doug MacLean, LAYC, 5 points; 2) Fortran, John Ravizza/ Chris Boome, StFYC, 24; 3) Space Invader, David West/Tony Basso, RYC, 24. (15 boats) Full results at www.mercury-sail.org StFYC ALDO ALESSIO, 8/17 1) Lucky Duck, SC52, Dave MacEwen; 2) Elusive, Swan 42, Thomas Furlong; 3) Elyxir, SC52, Skip Ely. (10 boats) StFYC PHYLLIS KLEINMAN SWIFTSURE REGATTA, 8/18-19 (5r, 0t): ORR A — 1) Lucky Duck, 5 points; 2) Elyxir, 6; 3) Blue, Swan 53-2, Ray Paul, 7. (3 boats)

ZONGO CUP, MORRO BAY YC/SAN LUIS YC, 8/11 PHRF — 1) Janina, SC27, John Krossa & Mark Hilden; 2) Fear Knot, Holder 20, Kevin Williams; 3) Pearl, Ranger 23, John Dilworth. (15 boats) CRUISING — 1) High 5, Farr 40, Tony Gomez. (1 boat) MULTIHULL — 1) Flying Dolphin, Prindle 19, Chrissy Osborne; 2) Tunnel Vision, Hughes 42 cat, Nick Del Giorgio. (3 boats) PADDLE — 1) Rosie, Orchid Outrigger 14, Mike Casey. (1 boat) Full results at www.bigbigslo.com/blog/zongocup10

Hobie 18 North Americans For four days in August, 16 teams battled on Huntington Lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains east of Fresno for the right to be named 2018 Hobie 18 Champion. The squirrely winds tested the mettle and patience of all of the sailors. Pacific Northwest sailors dominated, taking the top four spots. The top two teams were families, showing that youthORR B — 1) Swift Ness, J/111, Reuben Rocci, 7 points; 2) Kuai, Melges 32, Daniel Thielman, 8; 3) Gentoo, Soto 30, Paul Dorsey, 10. (6 boats) ORR C — 1) Chance, J/120, Barry Lewis, 3 points; 2) Elusive, 7; 3) Encore, Sydney 36 CR, Wayne Koide, 10. (7 boats) J/105 — 1) Ne*Ne, Tim Russell, 16 points; 2) Blackhawk, Ryan Simmons, 16; 3) Arbitrage, Bruce Stone, 19; 4) Maverick, Ian Charles, 20. (18 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Peaches, John Rivlin, 10 points; 2) El Raton, Ray Lotto, 12; 3) Wile E Coyote, Dan Pruzan, 15. (4 boats) Full results at www.stfyc.com StFYC J/70 PCCs & MELGES 24 CAL CUP, 8/1719 (5r, 0t) J/70 — 1) 1FA, Scott Sellers/Harrison Turner/ Geoff McDonald, StFYC, 9 points; 2) Jennifer, Chris Kostanecki, SFYC, 12; 3) Christine Robin Racing, Tracy Usher, StFYC, 18. (7 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Average White Boat, Kent Pierce/Eric Stokke, SBYC, 9 points; 2) Wilco, Douglas Wilhelm, SFYC, 20; 3) Looper, Duane Yoslov, SFYC, 21. (7 boats) Full results at www.stfyc.com EYC GRACIE & GEORGE, 8/19 SPINNAKER — 1) Meliki, Santana 22, Deb Fehr/Cam Campbell; 2) Peregrine Falcon, F-27, Aimee Iriso; 3) Faster Faster!, Merit 25, Junette Kushner/David Ross. (5 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Zwei Flying Fish, San Juan 33, Ashley Richardson. (1 boat) Full results at www.jibeset.net

SHEET ful energy with some old-fashioned wisdom can make for a winning combination. Will Nelson, 21 years old, became one of the youngest sailors to ever win the Hobie 18 NAs. Will was assisted by his father, Peter, a Hobie 16 veteran of several decades. With less than a week to prepare their borrowed boat for the event, the skipper (Will) having never sailed an 18 before, and the two never having sailed together as a team before, Will and Peter were not expected to contend for the championship. Sometimes things work out differently than expected! John Hoag, sailing with his daughter Jennifer, also a newbie to the 18, was a very close second. Were it not for a few shifts on the last day of racing, the results might have been switched. Threetime defending champion Ken Marshack, with Val Pioszak, was finally unseated and had to settle for third. The most heart-wrenching story of the

On Deb's Tuna 'Meliki', Deb Fehr and Cam Campbell repeated as 'Gracie & George' at Encinal on August 19. — photo by Lisa Rohr

regatta belonged to the team of Ethan Salkind and Laura Sullivan. After running off three straight bullets on the opening day, they were called over early in the fourth race of the first day and had to eat a 17. With only one throwout allowed, they were in good position... as long as they stayed out of trouble.

But in the second race on the third day they sailed the wrong course while handily leading the fleet. This pushed them into fourth place. Their boat was clearly the fastest of all boats, but the fastest boat doesn't always win the regatta. Huntington Lake is a long, skinny, high mountain lake with dependable, if not shifty/puffy conditions. Each of the 15 races required 7-8 tacks/jibes per leg, something Hobie cats are not typically used to. This forced multiple high-speed crossing situations, and some very intense racing. — peter nelson HOBIE CAT 18 & 20 NAs, HCANA, 8/6-10 (15r 1t) HOBIE 20 — 1) Mark & Kim Zimmer, 30 points; 2) John Holmberg/Teri McKenna, 39; 3) George Pedrick/Gene Harris, 43; 4) Mark & Tiffany Lewis, 44. (19 boats) HOBIE 18 — 1) Will & Peter Nelson, 32 points; 2) John & Jennifer Hoag, 39; 3) Kenneth Marshack/Valerie Pioszak, 42; 4) Ethan Salkind/Laura Sullivan, 45. (16 boats) Full results at www.regattanetwork.com

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Race Notes First it was stuck open, then it was stuck closed. The Hwy. 12 Sacramento River Bridge connecting Rio Vista with Isleton malfunctioned, necessitating the cancellation of August 11's Dinghy Delta Ditch. The dinghies launch in Rio Vista on the south side of the bridge; the run takes them north up the Deep Water Channel to West Sacramento. Race organizers at Lake Washington Sailing Club invited sailors to come to the club for some free events that day instead. St. Francis claimed NYYC's Morgan Cup team race trophy on August 5. Variable weather — thunder and rain on Saturday and fickle winds on Sunday morning — prevented the regatta from reaching the elimination round. The final results were based on each team's record in the two round robins. Thanks to their preparation and their comfort in strong breeze, the StFYC team was on their game, winning all nine of their matches on Friday to take a threepoint lead at the end of the first round robin. In the second round robin StFYC dropped two of nine matches, but the

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These left-coasters won NYYC's Morgan Cup in Newport, RI. Team captain Michael Menninger is holding the trophy.

margin from the first round robin held. Steve Madeira is known as the skipper of the San Francisco-based J/120 Mr. Magoo, but on August 16-17 he was spotted at Nantucket Race Week sailing in the IOD Celebrity Invitational Regatta — on the winning boat, Team Rascal. The regatta benefits Nantucket Sailing Association. Lake Erie, Michigan, was the venue for the Chubb U.S. Junior Sailing

Championships on August 8-10. Among West Coast youth participating were Smyth Trophy (singlehanded, in Radials) winner David Wood from Balboa YC; Will Foox of SFYC placed fifth. Placing third and fifth respectively in the Bemis doublehanded 420 were Jack Egan and Jack Plavan from SDYC. Sailing in Lightnings for the Sears Cup were Cameron Feves, Christopher Salas and Justin Zmina from Cabrillo Beach YC (second place) and the RYC team of Owen Lahr, Connell Phillipps and Nick Nash (fifth). — latitude/chris

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his month we sail across the International Dateline to Eastern Australia's Prime Chartering Venue, and down to the Eastern Caribbean for a Post-Irma BVI Cruise, plus Charter Notes.

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a few hours' sail of each other. We did venture east of the islands into waters that are exposed to the Pacific, and experienced rougher conditions on one of our sails. However, there are plenty of options if one wants to avoid higher winds and seas. The charter companies keep everyone informed of weather conditions along with suggested routes and destinations, based on the expected conditions, for those who wanted the guidance. Before our trip, many people commented about Australia's reputation for deadly wildlife. When we arrived we found out it extends to the water as well. We were at the tail end of the season for the deadly Irukandji jellyfish. These are the size of your fingernail and you likely won't realize you have been stung until it is too late. But this didn't keep us out of the water because we felt safe enough wearing stinger suits — which also provided great sun protection. The coves we anchored in were all unique and stunningly beautiful. We never had a problem finding plenty of room to anchor or an available public mooring ball near a reef where we could snorkel. A quick dinghy ride to shore gave us access to great beaches and trails. We also didn't need to look to ofar to see a sea turtle. The one pictured below swam around our anchorage lazily, as if posing for photos. Our favorite anchor age was Chalkie's Beach on Haslewood Island. The beach is directly across from the famous Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island, but provides a quiet, more secluded alternative. The water was calm, the view was stunning, and there were plenty of reef fish to observe. All in all, we had a fine time. If you decide to follow in our wake, we highly recommend doing some homework in advance by ordering a copy of the musthave cruising guide 100 Magic Miles of the Great Barrier Reef: The Whitsunday Islands by David Colfelt. — mark rinkel MARK RINKEL

The Whitsundays: A Maze of Pine-Covered Isles Last April we chartered in Eastern Australia's Whitsunday Islands, which lie just off the northeast coast of Queensland, roughly 40 miles inshore from the Great Barrier Reef. Another couple joined us and we chartered a sailing catamaran for a week following a week of playing tourist in Sydney. We sailed to various anchorages around Hook Island, Whitsunday Island, Haslewood Island, and Hamilton Island. Many of the destinations provide overnight moorings due to the proximity of the reefs. We spent half our nights on moorings, several nights at anchor and one night at the Hamilton Island Marina where we reprovisioned and enjoyed shoreside restaurants. The week before our charter, the area was threatened by Tropical Cyclone Iris and the charter base actually closed for the week. Fortunately, Iris lost her strength before we arrived at Chute Harbor to begin our charter. The conditions on the 'inside', near the mainland, were fairly mild, with predictable wind in the afternoon. These islands offer numerous coves and protected anchorages, which are all within

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official Latitude swag as a 'thank you.' Readers — Having had the pleasure of sailing the Whitsundays ourselves a few years back, we can tell you that this 74-island archipelago is a fascinating place to sail. Mark and his group explored it at the beginning (April) of the prime sailing season, which runs through the end of September. The whole region is a naturelover's dream. During our visit we enjoyed some great sailing with

moderate winds, and did lots of snorkeling. These pine-covered islands lie near the southern end of the tropical zone, near 20°S. Many of them are uninhabited, and we're told that fewer than 2,000 people occupy those isles that are inhabited. Although flying all the way to Queensland to charter in the Whitsundays would be a bit of a splurge for most of us, we think you'll find that will be money well spent — especially if you throw in a few days in Sydney, which is one of the most attractive waterside cities in the world, and a haven for sailors. — andy

Above: Whitehaven Beach, which lies within the Whitsunday Islands, is truly spectacular. Inset left: This turtle came to pose for photos.

A Year After Irma, the BVI Is Back We've bareboat chartered four times in the BVI: 2006 with Sunsail, 2011 (on Latitude's 'ti Profligate igate), 2016 with BVI Yacht Charters, and this year with Conch Charters, which we selected primarily because they had a boat in their fleet (Leopard 40) that was of interest to us. Sadly, that boat, like so many cats, was lost to Hurricane Irma, but they were able to provide a replacement: Lagoon 42 named Inspire. In spite of the fact that Conch's Road Harbour facility was hit pretty hard by Irma, the staff did an outstanding job of taking care of our needs in every respect, including a free night onboard prior to our first day of charter. We would not hesitate to recommend them to others. For reasons of economy, we've always

chartered in the first two weeks of the low season, which generally begins in the second week of July. The side benefit of this strategy is that the anchorages are generally uncrowded during that time. As an example, in July 2016 we estimated the occupancy of the sizable mooring field at Saba Rock Resort/ Bitter End Yacht Club to be at about 10%. The usually uncrowded spots were only slightly less so this year, but Cane Garden Bay, on Tortola, and White Bay, on Jost Van Dyke, were more crowded than we've ever seen them. We believe this is related to a Puerto Rican holiday called "Christmas in July," and the fact that Puerto Ricans discovered "Nature's Little Secrets" (the BVI) years ago, and learned they can get there quickly on their high-speed power boats. These seem to be their two favorite spots. Our favorite activity has always been snorkeling in "the world's larg-

est aquarium," and this has not been adversely impacted by hurricane activity. We thought snorkeling at Anegada might be good, owing to all the coral reefs there, but were disappointed with the lack of clarity of the water in the vicinity of Loblolly Bay. Our favorite snorkeling spots remain The Caves on Norman Island, Monkey Point on Guana Island, and Manchioneel Bay on Cooper Island. Post-Irma infrastructure rebuilding continues, of course, as it will for quite some time. Many places have returned to normal; those farthest from it — all past favorite stops for us — were Saba Rock Resort, the Bitter End Yacht Club, and, saddest of all, Soper's Hole, where only two of the many businesses formerly there have reopened. We had planned our sailing itinerary using The Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands by Nancy and Simon Scott, which is revised every two years, but our 2017-2018 edition had no posthurricane information. So we modified it as we went along, adjusting for facilities that were gone altogether or not yet reopened. Our advice for those with BVI trips in the planning stages is to keep in touch with your charter company; they all offer newsletters with updates on business re-openings. A final note that may relate to Irma is that at a few stops we noticed an increase in 'beach bug' activity (sand fleas), and we were glad to have brought along repellent. The problem was most apparent at Great Harbor on Jost Van Dyke, Trellis Bay on Beef Island, and everywhere we The Lagoon 42 'Inspire' sits calmly at anchor on a typical day in the British Virgins. A year after Irma, ﬂeets have been rebuilt.

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Bill — Thanks for that great report, which confirms what we've heard from other sources: that shoreside infrasturcture is steadily coming back and there's no reason for potential charterers to stay away.

Bay Marina. Similar efforts to recover and rebuild, can be seen throughout the territory, which is truly remarkable considering the devastation seen there last fall. Such upbeat reports remind us to remind you that few chartering memories will remain more special than those created during a 'white-sand Christmas' in the tropics. Bringing family members together for a week or more of sailing, snorkeling and recreating ashore is sure to please crew members of all ages, and strengthen the family bonds, far from the hustle, bustle and holiday traffic jams back in mainstream America. But whether you choose to sail in the BVI or elsewhere during the holiday season, remember that Christmas week and New Year's week are the two busiest periods on the calendar of every charter outfit in the tropics. So book soon — in fact, yesterday! — andy

Charter Notes Readers — This month marks the one year anniversary of Hurricane Irma's horrible wrath, which did more damage than any storm in the British territory's recorded history. Since then, long-established BVI charter firms have made a colossal effort to rebuild their fleets and re-establish some sense of normalcy. "Let's be honest," writes a spokesman for BVI-based firm The Catamaran Charters, "Hurricane IRMA caused some serious damage! Ninety percent of all BVI Charter Fleets were destroyed."

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With reports this month on Sedna's departure from French Polynesia; the beW ginning of Avatar's third season there; Happy Together's "lonesome" run for Costa Rica — and a whole bunch of Cruise Notes.

Clif and Giselle's long-term plan is to complete a Paciﬁc Rim circumnavigation back to their homeport of Juneau.

ashore, passports in hand, walk into the gendarmerie (police station) and officially check out of the country. This little dinghy ride we are about to embark upon feels like a huge milestone for some reason; one that we haven't quite processed, or thought past. The Millers acquired 'Sedna', languishing in Marina Palmyra, just last January. Several months of intense work on the 1985 HC had her looking sharp — and ready for the Paciﬁc Puddle Jump.

When preparing for the South Pacific this past fall, our brains were totally consumed by provisioning, boat preparation, bureaucratic logistics and general margarita haze. Learning petits bits of French and scoping out anchorages in the Marquesas were the last things on our minds, let alone thinking about what lay beyond French Polynesia. But here we are, waiting for another weather window to make another ocean passage into other beautiful Polynesian countries. How did it happen so fast? These past three months have been a blur of crystal-clear water, brightly colored coral, Hinano beer happy hours, baguettes, brie and rough attempts to speak français on shore excursions. The buddy boats we made landfall with in the Marquesas are the same boats motoring through the Bora Bora pass daily, joining our merry band of cruising buddies who are all concluding our French Polynesia experience at the same time. Some of these friends we haven't seen for months; some we've been hopscotching with from island to island; and a small few we've seen so frequently we know their anchoring habits by heart. But we're all here, reunited once again — for dinner parties, snorkeling sessions and sundowners. Every gathering is a reminder of the great friends we've already made this season and the memories to be made on this next section of our South Pacific journey. Before the long passage ahead, several of us buddy boats chose to challenge our bodies and climb to the summit of Bora Bora: a steep, strenuous slog, literally straight up a jungly, bushy cliff face. Within minutes of beginning the ascent, we were dripping with sweat and regretting the sunscreen we'd put on our faces, which was now melting into our eyes. Our legs burned. Our hands were filthy. We chugged water to keep up with the heat. Like our recent ocean passage, that mountain was also filled with extreme highs, and lows, including slipping on muddy roots, maneuvering over SEDNA

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Sedna – Hans Christian 38T Giselle and Clifton Miller End of the Beginning Juneau Today — this beautiful, warm Friday morning at anchor in Bora Bora — marks the end of our 90-day visa in French Polynesia. Later this morning, we'll dinghy

twisted trees, grabbing onto loose rocks — it was rough. However, with many water breaks and extensive cheerleading, we did it. We made it to the top! And it was worth the haul. The view from the summit looking down over Bora Bora revealed a wide array of lagoon blues. The base of the clouds, just barely skimming our eye level, created a blanket of mist and reflected that same lagoon turquoise you could see so clearly below. Pink hibiscus flowers greeted us, waving in the cool Pacific breeze. It was as if all the beauty that we had seen over the past three months had been presented in this one panoramic form. I sat at the top, reminding myself how truly blessed we

IN LATITUDES the increased laundry load, but the feeling of being encompassed by beauty at the top. These past three months have felt the same. I don't remember the difficulties of the ocean passage as much as the color of the water in the Tuamotu atolls. I feel a twinge of sadness for how rapidly the months fly by, knowing that this time-warp speed will only increase as our South Pacific season progresses. As I'm typing, I can feel my sore quads, my swollen feet and stiff knees… a gentle reminder of the pain that we go through to create such incredible memories. But linger no longer! There are more miles to cover! More mountains to climb! More fish to swim with and sail changes to do. As we motor out through the coral reef pass tomorrow, I'll be stretching my legs and saluting that behemoth of a peak behind me. Farewell beautiful French Polynesia! Sedna looked good on you! On to the next island, the next lagoon, the next hill to climb… — Giselle 7/6/18

were to be this place, at this time… and with our home in tow! People all over the world pay good money to experience this small, majestic island, and we just sailed here… for free. I bent over to stretch out my legs and gawked at the large amount of mud smeared all over my leggings. It reminded me of the big pile of salt-water laundry I needed to do once we got back to the boat. Ugh, more laundry. I cringe. Not every part of the cruiser lifestyle is as glamorous as the photos we share. There are certain land luxuries I miss, like fullpressure showers, washing machines or high-speed Internet (actually Internet in general would be nice), but that view…

Bora Bora in all her glory, and good friends beside me. That was my high. Any worries of the upcoming passage vanished. Any lingering boat chores flitted away. I could've sat on that mountaintop for days and watched the shadows of those high, misty clouds change the shade of the water. But, there was the promise of cold beer and ice cream at the bottom, so we collected ourselves and our already sore muscles and began the decent. What I will remember most of Bora Bora will not be the challenge of the mountain climb, or

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Spread: view of Bora Bora from its highest peak. Above: (left to right) Cruiser ﬂoatie ﬂotilla; that mountain behind Clif is the one they climbed; 'Sedna' looking sweet.

Avatar — Kelly Peterson 44 Shelly and Mike Rickman French Polynesia Debrief Mexico Along with the necessary skills, wit and adventurous spirit, there is a certain art to cruising. And like all creative people, cruisers with some miles under their keels eventually develop their own 'style', steeped in their own experiences, and the experiences of others they meet along the way. We never tire of sitting down with them to do a little brain-picking. Two such folks are Mike and Shelly Rickman of the KP44 Avatar. After living a dozen years in Mexico (most in La Paz, where they both served as commodores Want that special day to be a bit different? Plan a destination wedding in Moorea.

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biers. Editor-at-large Andy Turpin recently caught up with them in Tahiti for a debrief. Here are a few excerpts from that conversation. Inspiration — (Shelly) I've wanted to sail to French Polynesia since I read The Last Navigator in high school. But it wasn't until 2014 when the Cruceros had a big Fourth of July party that a Pacific crossing finally took shape. Several boats got together and made a pact: We gave ourselves two years to get out of La Paz and sail to the South Seas. Among those folks were Paul Whitehouse and Simone Wood of Tabasco II II, who were tragically killed several months later when Hurricane Odile hit Baja and sank their boat. That only strengthened the pact with the rest of us. No matter what happened, we were going to go, because, as Paul and Manta does a ﬂyby as Shelly watches. Warning: the teeming sealife in the South Seas may ruin you for snorkeling anywhere else in the world.

Simone always said, "Life is too short." We departed La Paz on March 22, 2016, and arrived in Nuku Hiva in April. The Crossing — (Shelly) It was just the two of us. But our watch schedule allows us to stay pretty rested. We do a 48-hour cycle, not a 24-hour. So on the first night, one person does two four-hour watches, and the other person does only one. The next night, it's reversed. During the day, it's six-on, six-off. We stay pretty rested with this system, and by the time we got there we were not overly-exhausted. First Year Highlight — (Shelly) When we dropped anchor in the Marquesas, Mike asked me to marry him. I said, wow, yeah! But then we had to figure out how to get married in Polynesia. We ended up with this Polynesian ceremony in Moorea. They dress you up like a king and queen for a day. All our families came, and it was basically a week-long party. We did tours of the island, fed the stingrays, swam with sharks — everybody had a great time. Speaking of swimming with sharks — (Mike) It takes some getting used to. If you're at anchor, slide into the water — don't jump. If you slide in, there's no noise. A few sharks may come to check you out, but no big deal. But if you make a big splash, it's a big vibration in the water. They think something's in distress. It does get their attention — and yours, too. Playing the Winds — (Mike and Shelly) There are people who either pound right into the wind, or don't go to some places at all because they'll have winds on the nose. We wait for the right winds to go from island group to island group. For most of the year, the trade wind is primarily from the east, but sometimes a shortlived north wind will blow, and you can have a nice sail from Tahiti east to the Tuamotus. Then in June/July/August the Miramu, a strong southeasterly, can blow — up to 30 knots. Between these blows we were able to sail in a light southeast wind back to the Marquesas. But as the season goes down to the end of the year, the wind starts to shift to the northeast. The second year, for example, we made it back AVATAR

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of Club Cruceros), the couple are starting their third year of cruising the South Seas aboard their Kelly-Peterson 44, Avatar. They have spent the last two seasons visiting island groups in French Polynesia — the Marquesas, Tuamotus and Gam-

to the Marquesas in September in light southeasterlies. But by December, it started oscillating east-northeast, and we sailed southwest to the Gambiers — seven days on one tack. Then, we came back to Tahiti when the wind shifted back to the east-southeast in late March, early April. Generally speaking — (Shelly) The Marquesas are mountains with no reefs. The Tuamotus are reefs with no mountains. The Leewards are mountains with reefs close around them. And the Gambiers are small mountains with a giant reef around them. Best diving/snorkeling — (Mike) The drift dive at Fakarava is mind-blowing.

IN LATITUDES an online map. It's only $55 a month. Plan for the coming season — (Shelly) Well, you know what they say: "A cruiser's plans are written in the sand at low tide . . . they change twice a day!" We may be doing the Leewards. We may be going back to the Tuamotus. But we've also got the Australs on our minds, in particular Raivavae, so we may drop down there in the fall (our spring). They only get 10 or 15 boats down there a year. We met an old FrenchCanadian guy who used to pilot the Pan Am flying boats back in the day. He flew all over everywhere down there for years. When we asked what was his favorite, he said Raivavae. It's supposed to be as beautiful as Moorea — big mountains inside a lagoon. — AET and JR 8/5/18 Next month — anchoring, dodging bombies and not sweating the paperwork

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Happy Together — Leopard 48 Randy and Lennie Smith Where Is Everybody? Delray Beach, FL Happy Together is currently in Los Sueños Marina, Costa Rica. After we finished the 2017 Baja Ha-Ha, which was arguably the best time of our lives, we headed up to La Paz as many Ha-Ha participants did and spent some time cruisDancing on the table in St. Barths with the Nikki Beach Club sax player is just a small part of the fun time Randy and Lennie have had cruising.

You drift through the pass with the incoming tide and it's just — Wow, lots of sharks! The best snorkeling in the Marquesas is down in Tahuata, but even there the water is not as clear as in the Tuamotus. But the best of the best? The Gambiers. The coral there is so alive — and they're known to have the most brilliant pearls in the South Pacific. The depth of color and brilliance are spectacular. Communications — (Shelly) We're part of the Polynesian Magellan Net (SSB, 8173.0 at 1600Z and 0400Z). We do one

day a week as net controllers. Everybody keeps track of everybody who's in the net, particularly when you're underway. But it's really more of a social thing. Many times we've made friends with people before we even meet them. (Mike) For longer-range comms, we don't have a Sat phone or Iridium. We have a DeLorme inReach, which is now owned by Garmin, and we got the unlimited text — we're in touch with our families sometimes daily, or multiple times a day. And people can see where you are on

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Spread: 'Avatar' at anchor in the Tuamotus. Inset left: there are 118 islands and atolls in French Polynesia, about half of them inhabited. Top (left to right): Almost at the equator; King and Queen for a day; boats represented at this Tuamotus beach picnic include 'Avatar', 'Liward', 'Pitufa' and two Wauquiez 35 sisterships whose singlehanding owners fell in love and became a couple.

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at Isla Isabel (the Galapagos of Mexico) we headed to Puerto Vallarta and did the requisite family trips. By May we were on our way south again — and in for a big surprise. . . Nobody was there. It occurred to us suddenly that we were alone in the Costa Alegre. I mean alone. Not one other boat for a thousand miles — or so it seemed. We cruised to all the regular winter cruiser haunts like Chamela, Careyes, Tenacatita and Barra de Navidad, and there wasn't a soul. it was like The Walking Dead for cruisers. By then I had studied some more and found that everyone leaves Pacific Mexico by May 15 because that's when hurricane season starts — not June as I was used to as an Atlantic sailor. And here we were on June 1. The marinas were empty, the southern swell was closing the entire coast and we had few opportunities to 'Happy Together' at anchor. Next time we see the Smiths, they'll be sailing a bigger cat.

anchor. We barely made it to Las Hadas for Lennie to run along the beach for her Bo Derek imitation before we realized we had to keep pushing south. After a few more overnight crossings, we made it to Zihuatanejo, a sailor's bucket-list stop. We entered the bay and once again, not a single cruising boat in sight. Better keep going! From there we dodged the first three named storms of the season. We're no strangers to dodging storms after living and cruising in Florida and the Bahamas for 20 years, so we pushed on. Acapulco was next. No space to tie up and no cruisers in sight, so we braved the big 10-ft swell and headed south for two more days until we reached the fantastic 12 bays of Huatulco. Now we relaxed a bit. We were getting pretty far south, the water was warm, and we felt relatively safe from storms except . . .we still had to cross the dreaded Gulf of Tehuantepec! We waited for three days until we got the green light from our weather router, Chris Parker. When he and the port captain agreed, Lennie and I headed across the Gulf. The crossing brought five different wind shifts and seas from every direction. Although we have sailed 10,000 nautical miles, this one earned us some new stripes. We made it to our final stop in Chiapas, Mexico, for our last Mexican meal and the final checkout before we entered Central America. We also picked up a friend, Mike Sheppard, as crew for the rest of the trip to Costa Rica. We headed out under good conditions and sailed southwest for four days. Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua all slid by our port side as we pressed on. We motored when we had to and sailed when we could — about 50/50 I would guess. The conditions went from benign to extreme. We even had a swell from two directions where each wave from each swell bashed the boat for four hours. The bailout spots are few and far between on these desolate coastlines, with a strong southern swell landing everywhere. Almost there . . . we passed the Gulf of Fonseca and dealt with wind and current, but then had a six-hour motor until we reached the Bay of Papagayo where the winds cross Nicaragua from the Caribbean and scream into the

Pacific. It was all hands on deck as we dodged local fishing boats, fishing nets and long lines — in howling wind. We made it to Costa Rican waters by 5 a.m. and had a wonderful beam reach with our code zero flying us along at 9 knots. One more turn around the Gulf of Nicoya and then a straight 28-mile run to Los Sueños Marina. Well, almost. Neptune had one last six-foot cross swell that hit us hard. Catamarans don't like a short, steep sea

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we've done 35 trips in 35 months and moved our boat 10,000 miles. We go once per month and move the boat from place to place, then fly home and work for three weeks — then back to the boat for our next adventure. We are currently en route to bring our Happy Together back to Florida to sell it, as our new Leopard 50 is on order in South Africa. We plan to fly to Cape Town in November to watch her splash for the first time and go sailing around the "Cape of Storms". Then, we will ship her to Florida for outfitting before we join the World ARC Rally in 2020. — Randy Smith 7/8/18 ""Latitude 38 was the first sailing magazine I ever read when i was a kid racing on San Francisco Bay in my dad's Santana 35," noted Randy when he sent us this article. "You guys even wrote a story once about me beating Chris Corlett in a onedesign race on the Berkeley Circle!" Cruise Notes Tim and Burgandy Scott of Friday Harbor, Washington, last cruised to Mexico back in 2005 aboard Tiburon, a 36-ft Crealock ketch. Then, as Burgandy puts it, "Got pregnant, had a baby, and thought a bigger boat was a good idea. It was. Rebuilding one . . . not so much." It took the Scotts more than a decade to essentially gut and rebuild Sassafrass, a 50-ft (LOD)schooner built in Saigon in the mid-'60s. In 2017, this time with daughter Violet aboard, the Scott family once again headed south, as part of the Baja Ha-Ha fleet. "Our first year back to cruising has been one of great satisfaction — we are once again living the cruising lifestyle we worked so hard to return to," says Burgandy. One thing that surprised them Rebuilding an old wooden schooner would strike fear in the hearts of most, but the Scott family hung in there, turning this . . .

as it creates the washing machine effect, and we were 'well spun' by the time we reached the bay at Los Sueños at 3 a.m. local time. We used our lights to find a spot and dropped the hook. We settled in for the first full-night's sleep in five days, only to be roused at 8 a.m. by the port captain on the radio, saying that the military, immigration and customs were

standing on the dock waiting for us. Oh well — five hours' sleep is better than none. We entered the marina and cleared in. What an incredible eight months it has been. ¡Viva Mexico! Lennie and I have been cruising our Leopard 48 catamaran part-time for three years. Cruising World magazine dubbed us the 'ultimate commuter cruisers,' as

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Above: 'Happy Together' underway. Top left: ﬁnal checkout in Mexico at Chiapas. Center: sailing with triple amputee Adam Keys in an event sponsored by www.warriorsailing.org, which the Smiths support. Right: transiting the Panama Canal on their way to the 2017 Baja Ha-Ha.

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was meeting some people on a fairly rigid timetable: Do the Ha-Ha, do the Puddle Jump, then skedaddle back home, all in a year's time. "I started calling it 'Pacific Puddle Panic,'" she jokes. The Scotts also hope to cross the Pacific one day, but have so enjoyed their return to mañana-land that they've decided to spend a year just enjoying Mexico. "Hey, for some of us it takes six months just to slow down!" she says. And what does Sassafrass's youngest crewmember think of the cruising life? "I'm often asked the same question in different ways: 'Are you all right?' As though there was something that would suggest I'm feeling otherwise," says 14-year-old Violet, echoing the sentiments of other cruising kids we've talked to. "I think my family's situation makes a lot of people uncomfortable — like most things that are unfamiliar. My family decided to take this leap of faith because we

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uncomfortable to be passively aggressively interrogated on whether or not I'm happy, or feel that I'm being rudely dragged away from the life that a 'normal' teenage girl should lead. The thing is, I don't pride myself on being normal. I pride myself on being part of the minority who choose to follow a dream." Having completed a nine-year lap and a half around the world (starting in Marina del Rey in 2007), Scott Stolnitz and Nikki Woodrow began another 'circumnavigation' last month. Of Australia. By land. "After 55 years of sailing and 100,000 miles at sea, I've more or less tossed out an anchor," says Scott, who sold their Switch 51 Beach House in Sydney last year. Their new ride is a new, high-tech off-road 21.5-ft 'cata-varan' made by a Queensland-based

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IN LATITUDES 32 berthed in Sausalito's Pelican Harbor. "SUNAT (the taxing authority in Peru) illegally seized my yacht almost three years ago when I stopped for emergency repairs in Ancón," wrote Dave Smith in a mid-July email. Smith, formerly of Sausalito, did not identify the type or name of his boat. He went on to say that he won every court case (including appeals), only to have SUNAT repeatedly refuse to return the boat. However, on the day he wrote, he said, "It's looking like they are going to release the boat today . . . I'm running fast now, trying to leave before they find another excuse to … retain possession of the boat." We reached out to him several times for more information but at this writing have not heard back. When Jeff and Marie Brandt decided it was time for a bluewater cruiser a couple of years ago, they went 'retro', so to speak. Rather than building on their multihull experiences (their first two boats were a Prout catamaran and an F-27 trimaran), they chose a Pacific Seacraft TINY DANCER

company that once made catamarans. 'Caravans' — what we call trailers — have to be extra-tough Down Under because most roads in the Outback are unpaved. Alan and Laura Dwan's Herreshoff Nereia ketch Rhapsody got a bit part in the movie Adrift. The veterans of the 2012 Baja Ha-Ha and 2014 Puddle Jump were in Fiji when the opportunity to take part arose. Neither we nor the Dwans have seen the movie yet, but apparently there's a part where "there is an impromptu race and Rhapsody is the blue-hulled ketch." At this writing, Alan and Laura are getting ready to head back to the States. Another circumnavigation got added to our 'West Coast Circumnavigators' list (which also includes Hawaii) last month. Gershon II, a 50-ft custom steel cutter owned by Steve and Cheryl Kornberg, left Kona, Hawaii, in 2012 and returned there in 2017. Interestingly, the boat was built in Hawaii in 1991 and served as the escort boat for the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokulea on the New Zealand-toHawaii leg of her Malama Honua World Voyage. The Kornbergs' first sail to Hawaii was aboard the first Gershon Gershon,, a Lapworth

Size counts, which is why many people favor pocket cruisers like 'Tiny Dancer'. She's not as fast as the Brandts' previous boats, but, they say, "We're not in a hurry."

Dana 24. And they haven't been disappointed. The Bay Area couple found and prepped Tiny Dancer in Port Townsend, but couldn't quite make it to San Diego in time for last year's Ha-Ha. So they took their time meandering down the coast, eventually ending up in Cabo, where they spent Christmas before heading into the Sea of Cortez. The boat is currently on the hard in San Carlos and Jeff and Marie are eagerly awaiting the end of hurricane season to continue the journey south. After a winter cruising Mexico aboard

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their 42-ft steel sloop, Alsager, by May it was time for the Stolze family to face the dreaded "B" words – Baja Bash. Based on a number of deliveries he had done over the years, Evan wisely put his wife Tanja and son Mats on a plane back home to the Bay Area and picked up a couple of new crew for the trip from Cabo to San Diego. Turns out neither Reiner nor Matt had much offshore experience, which was

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'Alsager' waiting out weather in Cabo before the Bash north. The boat should be en route from San Diego to the Bay as this issue goes to press.

good in a way: "I don't think they really knew what they were in for," says Evan. Long story short, it wasn't the best of Bashes, but it wasn't the worst. After waiting out a big blow in Cabo for almost a week, they headed out in T-shirts — "tempting fate," says Evan — but were

soon pulling on foulies and plowing into a solid 20+ knots, motorsailing with a deepreefed main and taking a ton of green water over the boat. To his relief, "My rookie crew were neither fazed nor seasick," reports Captain Evan. The trip (which we may feature in an upcoming Changes) took about two and a half weeks, with the final broad reach into San Diego in a lovely southwesterly. At this writing, Alsager was in a temporary slip in L.A. while the Stolze family flew home to Germany to visit relatives. After nine years running a small consulting company, working 70+ hour weeks, and being away from home 80% of the time, Todd Silva decided it was time for a change (or would that be 'intervention'?) But what kind of change? The answer was The Answer — a family 'gap year' aboard their Ericson 38 in Mexico. After eight months of preparation, Todd, Shelby and teenage daughters Shay and Makena departed Orcas Island, Washington and headed south. They've spent most of the last year cruising the Sea of Cortez. "We're often asked what the biggest surprise has been" says Todd. "There

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For the Silva family (left to right: Shay, Makena, Todd, Shelby and Snowy the dog), 'The Answer' was the answer to de-stressing their lives.

are two. First, how much we have fallen in love with Mexico and its people. Second, how fast friendships and bonds can be made with the amazing people who comprise the cruising community." Eight months into the gap year, the gap just got bigger. "We all decided we were just not ready to go home, so we voted to extend

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26-FT SOVEREL, 1975. San Francisco Boatworks. $12,750. Wuda Shuda. Great pocket cruiser, club racer, many victories, new topside paint, deck house, nonskid and bottom paint job. Great sails for racing or cruising, OB and autopilot. For questions, please call. (415) 203-6033. 26-FT CONTESSA, 1978. Santa Cruz, CA. $7,000/obo. Research at website. Tabernacled mast. Good-new sails: main, 4 jibs, spinnaker. Non-installed Harken furler. Yanmar 2GM diesel. Tiller autopilot. 2 Bruce anchors. Good bottom paint over barrier coat. See http://bluewaterboats.org or (831) 566-0442.

28-FT LASER, 1985. Richmond YC. $12,500. Firebolt is a Farr-designed racer/ cruiser. Roomy cockpit, accommodating cabin. Bukh diesel saildrive runs good, new prop 2017. Pineapple main (2013), standing rigging 2012, lots of other sails. Good PHRF for SF30 fleet. Fun fact: This boat was soloed to Hawaii by legally blind sailor Hank Dekker in the 1986 Singlehanded TransPac. (925) 639-2749 or holdentechnology@gmail.com. 26-FT YAMAHA, 1987. Oyster Point. $3,000. The engine has failed and I need to sell. I can sail to desired location, but at this price that is all I am willing to do. (650) 465-1735.

25-FT BAHAMA. (Cape Foulweather), 1973. Alameda Marina. $2,000/obo. Woodworker’s unfinished project. Epoxy bottom, all lines led aft, electronic OB. Custom interior needs completion. Good main, jib and genoa. See more at http://bastress.com/bahama25 or email woodshop@bastress.com.

25-FT OLSON, 1986. Alameda. $13,500. This is hull #104, a time capsule boat, and final Pacific Boat Works hull made. Pristine, it needs nothing. Excellent standing/running rigging, with recent updates, Honda 5 overhaul, exterior woodwork, boom-kicker and great Santa Cruz sail inventory; carbon #1, #3, 3/4 oz., Dacron main (full-cut leech). Original interior, complete, better than excellent condition, includes Lifesling, all equipment you’ll need to race next Saturday. (925) 254-3565 or carolyn@atarchitects.com. SANTA CRUZ 27, 1977. South Lake Tahoe, CA. $9,000 Firm. Fresh bottom, rudder and topsides 2017 by Rufus. Build #61. Honda 2hp OB. Good sails and practice sails, on trailer. (530) 577-7715 and sdkatzman@yahoo.com.

25-FT OLSON, 1985. Oakland. $12,500. Well maintained and lightly used onedesign boat, lying Jack London Square. Rigged for singlehanding. New equipment includes: Honda 5 OB, Raymarine electronics, shorepower, halyards, sail covers and lazy jacks. Excellent headsails. Bottom repainted and topsides waxed Oct ‘17 plus current marine survey. Offered at $12,500 with possible owner financing. (510) 459-5566 or larry@westlandpv.com.

25-FT LEFT COAST DART, 2013. Honolulu, HI. $45,000. Custom-built ultralight, based on the B25. Carbon sprit and mast. Sleeps four. Fast, fun, easy. Lifting keel and custom trailer included. Reasonable offers will be considered. (808 ) 349-1749 or twyrick004@gmail.com.

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SANTA CRUZ 27, 1977. Santa Cruz. $10,500. New 95% furling jib, new forestay, new Harken furling (still have foil for racing), new rudder bearing, new tiller head, painted bottom May. Honda OB is only 2 years old. Double-axle trailer. Email marcdkraft@gmail.com.

EXPRESS 27, 1984. Stockton. $20,000. Express 27, Swamp Donkey, up for grabs. Here’s your chance to race in the most competitive one-design fleet in the Bay Area. 3.5hp Mercury OB. Extensive sail inventory; two seasons on racing Quantum mainsail, one season on number 3 Quantum, one season on number one Doyle, two seasons on Quantum spinnaker. Many other older sails. New jib sheets and spin sheets. All rigging in good condition. See http://Express27.org. (209) 981-5754 or conradsdobell@gmail.com.

29 TO 31 FEET

YANKEE 30 MK I, 1971. Tiburon, CA. You won’t find a more beautiful Yankee 30, anywhere. Ideal SF Bay boat. Sparkman & Stephens. Refitted, repainted. New rig, new sails. Must see to appreciate. Sails like a dream. See website: http://yankee30.net.

30-FT KNARR, 1985. Tiburon SFYC. $34,500. Danish Borresen Knarr, 1985. At SFYC. Fast, very good bottom, and new aluminum mast. One of the faster boats in the fleet. Great racing fleet. Sails are very new. See http://sailboatdata.com/ viewrecord.asp?class_id=160. Call (415) 425-4300.

30-FT RAWSON 30, 1975. Ventura. $26,000. A compact, sturdy cruiser. Easy to handle and economical to maintain for singlehander, couple or small family. History of cruising and liveaboard. 6’2” headroom. Yanmar diesel, new sails, Aries vane self-steering, roller furler. Reefing lines led to cockpit. Solar panels allow comfortable living aboard. Refrigeration, radar, chartplotter. All systems refurbished and ready to go. Inventory list, photos, survey available. Great value in well maintained inventory! 30-FT SANTANA 30/30 GP, 1981. Stockton Sailing Club. $16,500. By W.D. Schock ready to race. PHRF is 120. New spinnaker, new mainsail. Newly replaced mast and boom by Ballenger anodized black. Boat has updated design rudder and keel. Yanmar diesel inboard. Twin big gel batteries. Autopilot to tiller steering, jib roller reefing by Harken. Two-speed primary winches, all new running rigging, Martec folding prop and nice interior. Contact (209) 772-9695, (209) 273-8619 or bonitamarine@gmail.com.

29-FT RANGER, 1971. Oakland. $8,000. Great condition, good sails, A4 runs well, bottom paint 1.5 years, newer deck, roller furling, pristine interior. Can singlehand, propane stove, email for complete list of amenities. Contact (916) 716-1606 or profesoracindy@pacbell.net.

30-FT SAN JUAN CLARK, 1977. Napa. $9,000. Will sell fast and bargain at http:// svgoldstar.com. Set up for singlehanding, racing or a minimalist liveaboard. Ready to sail. Low mileage on inboard. On hard in Napa. See http://svgoldstar.com. (530) 906-2571 or mfry935@gmail.com.

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30-FT KNARR, 1962. Tiburon. $16,000. Knarr 114 built in Norway. Wood with fiberglass deck. New spars, rigging and sails. 2x Rocketship award winner. Full cover. OB. Professionally maintained. Excellent condition. Very competitive boat. Contact dbthalman@comcast.net or (415) 259-8831.

30-FT CATALINA, 1984. Benicia Marina, CA. $23,500. Very clean, fit boat. Diesel 21hp. Wheel helm, Garhauer traveler, boom vang, Harken furl. Transmission upgrade good sail inventory. Too much to list. More info and pictures available. (916) 952-4238 or ldk5@sbcglobal.net.

32 TO 35 FEET

CATALINA 30, 1983. San Francisco. $23,500. Universal diesel, wheel, dodger, pushpit with “princess seats”. New main, 120% furling genoa, symmetric spinnaker. New: running rigging, AGM batteries, LED lighting, speakers, fridge, etc. See craigslist ad: http://tinyurl.com/yddoxc49. (231) 287-5342 or dktesla3@gmail.com.

29-FT ERICSON, 1970. Loch Lomond Marina. $12,000. Designed by Bruce King and built by Ericson Yachts. Spacious interior, excellent coastal cruiser. A safe, high-freeboard masthead sloop to handle SF Bay conditions. Strong Yanmar GM20F two-cylinder diesel starts easily and provides plenty of power. Harken roller furling, newer Harken self-tailing winches, boom vang and traveler, tillerpilot, lines led aft to cockpit. New depthsounder, VHF, batteries and dual-bank charger. Brightwork newly refinished, upholstery in good condition. Reasonable offers considered. (415) 233-0842, (415) 747-4414 or rjonesthree@comcast.net.

32-FT ARIES GILMER SLOOP, 1974. San Diego. $45,000/obo. Cruising sailboat. Westerbeke 30, 1,500 watt inverter with Link 2000, 4 solar panels. Tow generator, 2-burner stove, oven, Force 10 cabin heater, Adler/Barbour frig/freezer, Pur 40 watermaker, Icom 700pro, JRC 2000 radar, Monitor windvane. Much more. To see boat, by appointment only. (928) 514-7018 or sailseacure@frontier.com.

35-FT CRUISING KETCH, 1947. Sausalito. $15,000/obo. Walrus. Double-ender built in New Zealand. Triple-planked kauri hull and deck good as new. 30hp Sabb diesel. Panama and South Pacific veteran. Call Mike. (415) 426-0172. 33-FT CAL, 1972. Emery Cove Yacht Harbor. $10,000/obo. Modified stern. Skeg rudder. Tiller. Volvo diesel under 400 hrs. Harken Mk II. Newer rigging. Surveyed in December. Priced to sell. Buy it with a slip for extra discount. (626) 410-5918 or ngolifeart@gmail.com.

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35-FT HINCKLEY PILOT, 1964. Sausalito. $25,000. Nice classic Hinckley Pilot 35. S&S design, 35’10”, fiberglass. 4-108 diesel inboard. Sloop rig. Bottom paint 3 months old, fresh varnish on brightwork. Great boat. Contact (707) 480-0365 or Fginn@aol.com.

33-FT HUNTER, 1993. Ballena Isle, Alameda. $49,900. This 3-owner Hunter is in sail-away condition. New standing rigging 11/14, bottom paint 2/18, 1550hrs on 24hp Yanmar. Full Raymarine electronics package including autopilot, AIS and radar. Contact (510) 878-1142 or amaylon44@gmail.com.

32-FT BRISTOL KETCH, 1977. Redwood City, Bair Island Marina. $19,500. Very well maintained Ted Hood-designed cruising ketch. Teak/holly cabin sole, cherry wood cabinetry. Lots of storage. Galley, head, sleeps 6. Upgraded Yanmar 2GM20. Sails/standing rigging in great condition. Desirable Redwood City marina (pool, hot tub, fitness center). (510) 387-8130 or keith@mariposatraining.com. 33-FT DEHLER 34, 1985. Brisbane. $24,500. Family cruiser with a bright, roomy interior, built in Germany. Features include wheel steering, dodger, Schaefer furler, 2016 fully battened main and jib, lazy jacks, Autohelm, and sailing instrumentation. Contact (408) 224-0152 or rmorganstern@yahoo.com.

33-FT SYNERGY 1000, 1999. Marina del Rey. $59,900. Renovated 2016, immaculate. Bottom faired and painted December 2017. A pleasure to sail. Minimal wood racing interior with quarter berths, chart table, head, sink, stove, V-berth. NKE instruments. 2018 H1 jib. 2017 main, AP jib, Code 0, and 2A spinnaker. 2015 3A. Wood/foam/carbon hull, carbon rig, bowsprit, and tiller. Stainless fin with lead bulb. 10hp inboard with saildrive. (310) 629-0904 or john@jstaffarchitect.com.

32-FT COLUMBIA CARBON, 2013. Point Richmond. $149,000. Race-ready now and fully equipped to win Big Boat, Transpac, Mac, Caribbean 600, etc. Race distance, round-the-buoys, shorthanded on grand prix carbon fiber race boat with minimal outlay and running costs - far less than Class 40 or TP52. Race with new Quantum sails, B&G electronics, and KKMI racing bottom. See http://instagram.com/sixbrothersracing. (203) 837-7792 or 843708@gmail.com.

34-FT COLUMBIA, 1973. Fortman Marina. Alameda, CA. $39,900. Solid, oceanready and stunning with many upgrades including brand-new dodger, roller furling, autopilot, new fridge, newly varnished wood trim, Zodiac dinghy and much more. Full tiled head with shower, stove, oven, microwave, even a coal-burning fireplace that nicely warms the spacious cabin (beam 13’, height 6’). Sleeps 6. Contact (415) 889-0377, (415) 309-3179 or Sadolphsonrose@comcast.net.

36 TO 39 FEET 39-FT FREYA, 1978. Brisbane. $60,000/ obo. Hawaii and Mexico vet. Yanmar diesel, Profurl, Monitor windvane, IC710 SSB, new Spectra watermaker, etc. Contact (650) 728-9528, (650) 773-3834 or hogancanoes@aol.com.

34-FT CATALINA, 1989. Alameda. $39,500. Well maintained, 34’ wing keel. Rigging replaced 2014. Standard main w/Lazy Mate stacking system. 110% jib. 23hp engine. LOA: 34.5, LWL: 29.83, beam 11.75’. Displacement: 12,550, clearance: 49.58, ballast 5600lb. Contact (239) 595-9652 or pdnervo@gmail.com. 32-FT ISLANDER, 1977. San Francisco. $15,000. Views of the Golden Gate Bridge await the buyer of our 1977 Islander 32 Mk II sailboat. This is an opportunity to buy a beautiful yacht and transfer the 34-ft slip into your name. Normally the waiting list for a slip in this harbor is over 10 years. The Islander 32 Mk II has an excellent reputation. She’s in good condition, outfitted with a Raymarine radar and autopilot. Contact (650) 726-2633 or info@clientbirthday.com.

33-FT OL 33, 1984. Alameda, CA. Open to reasonable negotiation. 33-ft Danishbuilt, Arne Borghegn FG sloop built to International 1006 specs. 33’x28’WL x8’x5’4”. Balsa core FG hull. Hull solid FG below waterline, iron ballasted keel, Volvo Penta Saildrive, folding prop, 4 berths with cushions, Porta-Potti, sink, alcohol stove, full instruments, 6 sails in good condition, lines led aft, much more. A perfect Bay boat, fast, stiff, easily singlehanded. Everything in good condition and well cared for. Price and extra equipment open to reasonable negotiation. Email douglas-holmes@comcast.net.

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32-FT WEATHERLY, 1983. $42,500. Reduced Price! Gilmer DE cruising sloop, excellent condition. Ready to cruise. See website for equipment list: http://bit.ly/2tGxn1Q or (360) 316-1421.

34-FT IOD. International One Design, 1947. SF Small Craft Harbor, Ft. Mason. $25,000/obo. Ariel #85 competes in the SF Bay IOD Class and has earned competition rights in the IOD World Class. She is a fast boat and handles with nimbleness and fitness, is in good shape, and comes equipped with solid running/standing rigging and core equipment. Built in 1947 in Norway, she is a rare woodie breed and treasure. See http//:ariel85iod.tumblr. com. Contact vellinger@comcast.net, (917) 992-6274 or (925) 200-3181.

36-FT LAPWORTH, 1960. San Francisco Bay. $40,000. One owner 40 years. Extensive restoration, continuously and conscientiously maintained. All systems updated. Twice winner of SF Wooden Boat Show Stone Cup, “Best in Show”. See website for photos of this beautiful yacht: http://hamiltonsfo.wixsite.com/ website. Contact John Hamilton and Carol Leonard at (415) 821-4731 or HamiltonSFO@gmail.com. 37-FT BENETEAU, 2013. Richmond. $149,500. Has 3 good sails, main, genoa and jib. Dodger, new StackPack, Strong track, additional extra-large house battery, folding prop and well maintained vessel. Bottom paint last year. It’s been sailed in a local sailing club for the last 3 years. I have all the maintenance records and additional equipment that was added. Easy to sail and the boat was set up for the strong winds on the San Francisco Bay. (415) 690-9923 or basailor@comcast.net.

36-FT C&C, 1978. Corinthian Yacht Club. $17,500/obo. Great Bay boat. Beta Marine 38 engine installed 2009. Rod rigging replaced in 2003. Retiring from sailing. Contact stephen@get-shipshape.com or (415) 847-6707.

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CATALINA 36 MK II, 2000. Marina Village. $118,000. Must see! New sails this week! Previous main and jib in excellent condition. Updated: windlass, Tecma electric head, 540 amp hrs of gel batteries, radio, satellite DIRECTV, satellite radio and weather, full removable cockpit shade, custom engine OB hoist, stainless Jerry can rails, new reefer, new stuffing in cabin cushions in Ultraleather, 3500 engine service with new this month injector pump, new belt, new heat exchanger, new exhaust elbow, Max-Prop, stainless shaft, PYI dripless, E80 and ST60+ all in perfect working order, new cockpit speakers, solar power, upgraded blocks and clutches, Ample power with 60 amp charger and 2k inverter. Spinnaker rigged. Tall rig, fin keel. (415) 302-0101 or jeff@fogcty.com.

36-FT CAL CRUISING, 1988. Oahu, HI. $20,000/obo. Lapworth design. Well found, pocket cruiser. Email for more info: aeolus99@yahoo.com. 39-FT FREYA, 1985. Morro Bay. $85,000/ obo. Solid world cruiser, loaded. Beautiful interior. For photos, see website. Reasonable offer considered. Patrick. See http://tinyurl.com/ydafem9g. Contact (831) 238-5697 or svlaughter@aol.com.

37-FT HUNTER 376, 1997. San Rafael. $68,500. Well maintained. Boat of the year 1997. New chartplotter, AIS VHF, new standing rigging 2011. Electric winch, windlass. 8D batteries, inverter, bimini, new water heater and head. Other extras. Email serenisea@comcast.net.

38-FT ALERION EXPRESS 38 YAWL. 1998. Santa Cruz. $139,000. Lovely 38-ft yawl, designed by Carl Schumacher, built by TPI. Classic lines above the waterline, and modern shape below. Spars by Hall, Yanmar 27hp engine, North sails. Gorgeous wood interior with berths for five. Extensive B&G electronics, Simrad autopilot, new Blue Sea electrical distribution system. Electric Jabsco head, pressure H&C water. Heart inverter/charger, feathering Gori prop. Hoyt jib boom simplifies tacks.

37-FT BENETEAU FIRST 36.7, 2005. $79,000. Deep keel, rod rigging. New Hood main StackPack with lazy jacks, new cockpit cushions and helm station cover, new Sony AM/FM stereo with cockpit speakers, new Raymarine chartplotter at helm, new Raymarine autopilot EV200. SIMRAD radar/chartplotter at navigation table, new ACR 406 Global Fix Pro EPIRB, new Garmin InReach EPIRB, Volvo diesel serviced in April 2018 by Svendsen’s, new bottom paint and zincs April 2018, Dacron main and genoa Harken furling, Quantum asymmetrical with ACR sock .06oz, Quantum symmetrical .75oz, Quantum symmetrical with sock .6oz, carbon fiber spinnaker pole. 155% Kevlar genoa Quantum, #3 Kevlar jib Quantum, 105% Kevlar jib Quantum, storm jib, Lifeline 12V GD20 glass mat batteries. (925) 323-0057. CAL 39, 1979. South Beach Harbor. $44,000. Well maintained. Fast, strong, stable sailing. Encapsulated, deep fin keel. Wheel steering. Perkins 4-108 diesel engine. 60 gal fuel tank, dual Racor fuel filters. Barient #32 self-tailing main winches, Autohelm ST6000 autopilot, Raytheon radar, Monitor windvane. Two AGM batteries, 2 anchors, EPIRB. Comfortable cruiser or liveaboard. Two water tanks, pressure hot/cold water. Refrigerator, freezer, three-burner propane stove. Diesel heater. Beautiful teak interior. USCG documented. (415) 621-1381 or dc.conely@gmail.com.

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37-FT GULFSTAR, 1977. Discovery Bay. $36,000. Original owner, nice condition, Solid lead keel in encapsulated fiberglass fin keel with spade protected rudder. Perkins 50hp 4-108, reefer-freezer, teak interior, wheel steering, 45lb CQR anchor, Icom VHF, in freshwater dock. (925) 759-3406.

36-FT SCHOCK NEW YORK 36, 1984. Marina Bay Richmond . $27,500/obo. This is a lot of boat for a little money. PHRF 108. Fast, easily driven with the slightest breeze, strong in a blow, comfortable dockside and at anchor. Sleeps 6. Full galley, pressurized water, settee and hanging locker, nav station and enclosed head with shower. Repowered with Volvo D-20. UK Tape-Drive sails excellent, including main, #1, #2, 3 jibs, 3 spinnakers. Garmin GPS, VHF, B&G wind instruments, Harken deck gear, tiller steering with autopilot. Roll-up inflatable tender included. Full canvas in great shape. Constantly upgraded and maintained. This is a great boat, needs nothing. Willing to negotiate. Ask for Sam. Contact (530) 601-0412 or samneustadt@gmail.com.

36-FT FRANS MAAS - SABRINA, 1961. Puerto Vallarta, MX. $44,000. 36.6 Frans Maas, Sabrina design. Fully equipped. Email teridonm@hotmail.com. See all at website: http://begonephotos.shutterfly.com. 36-FT ISLANDER, 1983. Brisbane. $38,500. Fantastic liveaboard! Spacious interior. Great sailing. Well maintained, bottom cleaned and hauled regularly. New New Found Metals portlights, new canvas coverings, Doyle StackPack, Pathfinder diesel, extra sails, lots of miscellaneous extras. (415) 244-8109 or rd_satt@yahoo.com.

39-FT GECCO 39, 1983. Moss Landing, CA. $39,000. Bluewater IOR-type boat. New bottom paint, teak deck re-sealed. Contact guggenheim.charles@gmail.com or (831) 238-5393.

36-FT ISLANDER, 1975. Sausalito Yacht Harbor. $30,000. Excellent sailing machine, perfect for the SF Bay. Well maintained, new #2 & 3/4 main, good condition. Contact (415) 425-5352 or sjc@bay-area-immigration.com. 38-FT BENETEAU FIRST, 1984. Jamestown, RI. $49,900. Offshore-ready yacht, self-reliant off the grid. Outstanding reputation for seaworthiness topping list of ‘Ten Boats to Sail Around the World.’ See more at http://sailmojo.com/for-sale. Contact (262) 745-3414, (612) 554-9968 or mollylforbes@gmail.com.

FARR 38, 1980. Kaneohe Yacht Club, HI. $36,000. C&B-built 1980, cold-molded, teak decks, spruce inside, good sails, Pathfinder diesel, Class Winner Pac Cup, needs TLC. Contact (808) 381-5884 or kurrewa59@gmail.com.

37-FT TARTAN, 1979. Alameda, CA. $29,000. Fast racer/cruiser, 6’ 7” draft, Westerbeke 4-107, new bottom, batteries, ARS-5 regulator, Balmar 100amp alternator. Icom HF SSB, Alpha 3000 autopilot, spare sails/parts. Surveyed at $38,000. All offers considered. Email for info: boulderpartners@gmail.com.

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38-FT MORGAN RICHTON, 1987. San Pedro, CA. $15,000/obo. Custom built, Pacific vet. New bottom paint. Standing rig upgrade. Low time engine. African mahogany interior. Strong and capable. For more photos and information call Bob. (562) 833-2688 or dapplegrey@mac.com.

40 TO 50 FEET

42-FT CHEOY LEE CLIPPER. Schooner, 1972. Jack London Square. Reasonable offer. Lovely, proven passagemaker, easily handled in all conditions. One of two of the Clipper 42 hulls outfitted with a schooner rig. Bulletproof GRP hull with Sitka spruce masts, booms, bowsprit. Teak decks, coach house, interior. Significant work recently completed including new 316 stainless standing rig, rebuilt hull and keel joint. Motivated seller hopes to find good home, transferable moorage available. Contact (510) 435-3819 or tag@cpan.org. 47-FT OLYMPIC, 1975. Malta . $125,000. Center cockpit staysail ketch, Brewer design. 85hp Perkins Marine. Max-Prop. LeisureFurl. Windvane steering. AC main cabin. 3000w Xantrex. VHF, GPS, EPIRB. Spectra Z-Brane. Icemaker, washer/ dryer. Holding tank. (559) 683-4837 or j-nick@sti.net.

42-FT TARTAN, 1981. Alameda, CA. $70,000. Sparkman & Stephens just know how to make a boat look good and sail well. The Tartan 42 is a prime example of their expertise. Balaena has been through a recent refit in preparation to go offshore cruising. Her owner has checked and upgraded the boat well for his intended journey. His change in plans makes this a vessel that is ready to go. A list of upgrades includes: new Monitor windvane, mast pulled and updated with new standing rigging, electrical wiring, LED tricolor, LED spreader lights, new Doyle mainsail, new Hood spinnaker, new Doyle trysail, new solar panels, new Raymarine chartplotter, new lifelines. See http://tartan42.wixsite.com/website. (646) 460-4601 or denasc1234@gmail.com.

47-FT COLIN PHILP, 1989. Emeryville Marina. $79,500. Philp 47 steel cutter. Beautifully built, round bilges, stainless cap and rails, excellent condition. Hawaii and British Columbia (x2) veteran. Yanmar 1,200 hrs, refit in 2008 (full rigging, mast and boom) and 2012 (all electronics, autopilot and complete Edson steering system, shaft and prop), new Awlgrip 2015. Exceptional serious cruiser and very comfortable liveaboard. Serious inquiries only please, email preferred: sjr90@comcast.net. (415) 488-0218 or (415) 999-2270.

40-FT LANCER MOTORSAILER, 1984. Sausalito. $84,900. LOA 38’-10”. Center cockpit. 61hp Volvo diesel with saildrive. Roller furler, main and headsail. Two strms, one with walk-around centerline queen bed w/new memory foam mattress. Sails like a dream and motors 9+ knots. Recent in-slip refit. New: running rigging, bimini, dodger, and boom tent, varnished sole (floor), foredeck laydown mattress, Racor 500, electric head, chartplotter. Perfect for a big family or share with two families. Partnership may be considered. Email GrantatSail@gmail.com.

42-FT TAYANA VANCOUVER CC, 1984. San Carlos, MX. $99,800. Cutter, hard dodger and hard bimini, fully battened main, new stove, new standing/running rigging, Perkins 4-236 (85hp), Genset, autopilot, refrigeration, safety extras, perfect bluewater cruiser. (520) 955-4154 or nautpegleg@cox.net.

40-FT LADY HELMSMAN, 1979. Santa Cruz. $35,000. Race/cruiser. Haulout in September 2017, furling headsail, Dutchman flaking system, Volvo Penta saildrive, quarter berths, V-berths, galley, nav station, new head, Autohelm, swim ladder, OB mount. Contact (831) 332-5750 or Mavtro@hotmail.com.

46-FT KELLY PETERSON, 1982. Ventura, CA. $178,000/obo. Fully refitted in 2017, new standing and running rigging, mast pulled and painted, new canvas and Iglass, new stanchion lines, repainted decks, LED lights, new batteries, rebuilt winches, two new. An extensive list of rework available. Powered in-mast main. cutter-rigged. Fast sailing boat. 240 gal of water, 150 fuel. Selling due to death of wife. Add food and fuel and go do the Ha-Ha. Contact (805) 459-1909 or woodeneye53@yahoo.com.

46-FT LYMAN MORSE, 1983. Newport Beach, CA. $129,000. Price Reduced. Hull #8 of the Seguin series, designed by Sparkman & Stephens, built in Maine. A veteran bluewater cruiser that is set up to be sailed by two, but comfortable with four. Solar panels, watermaker, 160 amp alternator, oversized battery bank, 180 gal diesel, 2-20 lb. propane tanks, washer/ dryer, and much more. (949) 515-5150 or aitchhamilton@outlook.com.

VALIANT 40, 1975. Richmond, CA. $74,000. Pre-blister Valiant set for roundthe-world singlehanded cruising. Veteran of two SSS TransPacs. 6 sails, 4 new. Westerbeke diesel completely rebuilt 2016, new SS folding prop. New Raymarine autopilot with remote and Furuno radar, self-tailing winches, Monitor windvane, HF, Pactor3, VHF, AIS, AIS radar, Garmin chartplotter, 2 computers, charting software, refrigerator/freezer, inverter charger, diesel heater, solar panels, dinghy with OB, liferaft, EPIRB, much more. (925) 605-6709 or jhaysqrd@gmail.com.

40-FT HUTTON, 1986. Fort Bragg, CA. $18,000/obo. Liveaboard sailer, built in Honolulu, strong, fast ocean cruiser. Perkins engine seized. Westerbeke generator, Barient winches, Icom radio, Furuno radar, fish finder and more. (707) 349-0953 or cgreene@mcn.org.

40-FT CAL 40, 1964. La Conner, WA. $43,000. Beautiful Cal 40. Beautiful yacht quality - restoration in progress, needs qualified buyer to finish. Dirty, hard work already done. Email or call for pictures or more information. Contact (206) 852-4609 or jeff@marinedetailspecialists.com. 44-FT ISLANDER CRUISING KETCH. 1973. Sausalito, CA. $69,750. Designed, built and equipped for long-distance cruising. Includes Avon 310, Evinrude 15hp OB, 6-man liferaft, Benmar autopilot and Monitor vane steering. Contact (650) 766-1894 or svwispern@sonic.net.

42-FT BENETEAU, 2003. Richmond, CA. $135,000. Serenity is a turnkey well maintained rare center cockpit with unique opening transom swim/boarding platform. Walk-around queen bed in the main cabin. 2 strms, 2 full heads, galley, salon, wine cab, nav center with lots of storage. Sleeps 6, standup throughout. New dodger and bimini canvas, recently re-upholstered, bottom job and all new Raymarine electronics with color radar/ chartplotter, autopilot and Wi-Fi echo to iPAD. Fridge/freezer, microwave, gimbaled propane stove, entertainment center, helm-controlled power anchor windlass and central forced diesel heat. Hydraulic helm, 56hp Yanmar engine, in-mast furling main, furling headsail with gen and storm jib. All lines run to cockpit for easy handing. (916) 425-1705 or tom_riggins@me.com.

47-FT ALUMINUM BLUEWATER CRUISER. 1983. Bodega Bay, CA. $150,000. Custom cruiser designed by the late great Gary Mull. Fast, comfortable, strong. Great cruiser for around the planet. Professionally built hull to open-ocean standards. See more information at http:// muchogustosailing.wordpress.com. (925) 948-5613 or ed.witts@gmail.com.

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45-FT PILOTHOUSE MOTORSAILER. 2006. $229,000. Super-strong cruiser. Great liveaboard. Durable low-maintenance aluminum hull, fabulous pilothouse, 360-degree views, home comforts including separate shower. Sails and motors superbly. Fully equipped. Professionally constructed. Transferable slip in Hawaii. Seller financing available. See http:// pilothousemotorsailer.wordpress.com or pgharris@netvigator.com.

41-FT ISLANDER SLOOP, 1974. Santa Cruz. $64,500/obo. Alan Gurney design. Custom-built with many upgrades over factory model. Mahogany walnut-stained interior, teak & holly sole, Port Orford ceilings and overhead. Two double berths, U-shaped dinette converts to third double plus one pilot berth. 6’6” headroom. Atkins & Hoyle hatches (3). Full galley, oversized ice box. Excellent liveaboard with world cruising capabilities. Barient winches: 32ST (2), 32 (2), 22ST (4), 10ST (3). Kenyon spars completely overhauled with new LP paint and Ballenger rigging (2016). 4 spinnakers, 3 headsails and mainsail. Westerbeke 4-107 with Martec geared folding prop. Hull has newer Sterling paint job (2009). 2014 survey available. 1-year Santa Cruz sublease available. Email sanyata@msn.com.

CATALINA 42 MK I, 1992. Vallejo YC. $115,000/obo. Beautiful C42 with desirable 2-cabin floor plan and wing keel. Complete refit in 2017-18, over 60k spent. Excellent cruiser with voluminous living space below (6.5 headroom) and in the cockpit. New electronics, standing rig, running rig, frames and canvas, Doyle StackPack and jib, SSB, vang, life lines, folding wheel and more. Email for complete refit list, pictures and info: deb-michael@comcast.net. (530) 8643586 or (530) 809-2262.

50-FT CELESTIAL 48 CUTTER, 1986. Lahaina, Maui. $80,000/obo. A solid passagemaker and spacious at anchor. Perfect for a couple ready to begin voyaging. Check website for full specs and pics: http://tinyurl.com/y8zvudfo. Contact sailingseadragon@gmail.com or (808) 446-6908.

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C&C 44, 1987. Sausalito Yacht Harbor. $119,000. Quality bluewater cruiser, mainsail Furl boom, cutter rig, new deck and bottom paint. Garmin navigation, watermaker, queen berth aft, V-berth forward, two heads, shower. Yanmar diesel with low hrs (<1500hrs), autopilot, rod rigging, Monitor windvane. Contact (707) 291-3223 or karl.wilber@sbcglobal.net.

57-FT DUTCH KETCH MOTORSAILER. 1962. Port Ludlow. $295,000. Builder: Aalsmeer Yacht Inc./G.J. Dekker Design. Mid-cockpit, oceangoing, full keel, teak decks. Perkins 6-cylinder, 354 cu. generator 8kW Onan, SS refrigerator, freezer, 2 heads, full shower, watermaker, autopilot, 2-100 gal Monel fuel tanks. A/C, heating system. Aft davits for dinghy, many sails. New aft cabin built in 2014 by Cunningham and Co., Port Townsend. Inventory too extensive to list. Ultimate cruiser for Northwest waters. (360) 821-9063 or (360) 301-9002.

50-FT GRAINGER 480, 2006. Marina Palmira, La Paz, Mexico. $495,000. Taj is a custom catamaran professionally built in Port Townsend, Washington, to the plans of Australian designer Tony Grainger. She is thoroughly equipped, maintained, and ready for the South Pacific. Lying Marina Palmira, La Paz, Mexico. See more at www.catamarantaj.com or email: in.the.wind@icloud.com.

CLASSIC BOATS 44-FT KELLY PETERSON, 1979. Mazatlan, Mexico. $112,000. Donna Rose. 7 Sails. Full list of equipment and maintenance records upon request. Email captnrick@hotmail.com.

38-FT CUSTOM CUTTER-RIGGED. Sloop, 1970. South Beach, SF. $10,500/ obo. 38’ sloop, 17,000lbs, strip-planked mahogany on oak, perfect for coastal. 4k in a 10k breeze and 7 in 18. Beautiful and comfortable. See http://egaible.wixsite. com/anne. Contact (415) 867-1770 or edmond@sonic.net. 12-FT INTERNATIONAL 12, 1947. Fairfax. $6,850. Classic Dutch built, varnished oak. Extremely good condition. Two sets of sails. Heavy-duty boat cover and almost-new galvanized trailer included. See http://tinyurl.com/yd7pxq22. Contact caldercustombldg@comcast.net or (415) 706-5147.

48-FT WATERLINE YACHTS. Steel Cutter, 1997. Seattle. $400,000. Bluewater cruiser, designed and built by Ed Rutherford. Red was thoughtfully designed for cruising, a veteran of Alaska and the South Pacific, sails beautifully, comfortable, bright and roomy, fully equipped with many spares. Yanmar diesel with excellent access, shop, watermaker, full electronics, rod-rigged, Autoprop. Many cruising amenities: hard dodger, autopilot, solar, recessed anchor well with two oversize anchors and washdown. Contact RED4Sale@ourREDboat.com or (541) 579-7907. Meet RED at our website: http://ourREDboat.com.

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53-FT GIBSEA SLOOP, 1992. Lying in Tahiti (French Polynesia). $135,000 EUR. 2 cockpits, 5 cabins, serious bluewater boat, sailing around the world for 20 years, used 2 months/year, very good condition, highly continuously maintained ($220,000 expenses last 10 years, new teak deck, new Awlgrip, new sail, dodger, bimini, rigging checked every year, main engine 92hp 2500 hrs). Ready to go. (415) 601-5001 or apatel425@icloud.com.

42-FT PRIVILEGE, 1995. Coronado. $200,000. REDUCED. 25 GPH watermaker, A/C, custom hardtop, 3 berths ensuite, shaft drives, 3gm 30F(2) on-demand hot water, LEDs, sails good to excellent (4), spares and tools. Three anchors, primary 25 kg Rocna with 225 feet 3/8 chain. New canvas. Ready to Ha-Ha or S. Pacific. 11.5 Caribe with 15hp Yamaha. See http://Svchatbeaute.blogspot.com. Contact (360) 624-5339 or (760) 408-5310 or Svzafarse@yahoo.com.

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27-FT GLOBEMASTER, 1966. San Diego. $16,000. All-fiberglass folding trimaran with trailer. It has good sails, GPS, radar, autopilot, good paint, roller furler. Sleeps 3. She is fast - 10 plus knots. Rigged for singlehanded. (619) 341-4624 or Sinistersmile5@yahoo.com.

39-FT MAINSHIP 390, 2001. Alameda. $121,500. Wave Dancer, a trawler with flybridge, waiting in the SF Bay Area for fun, adventure, and living. She has a comfortable 3 cabin sleeps 4 in berths. A flat screen TV in the main salon and sound system. The galley includes a 3-burner propane stove and oven, refrigerator/ freezer, microwave, and coffee maker. Yanmar 300hp diesel, autopilot, radar, chartplotters, VHF radios, bow thruster, electric windlass, shorepower and 12V, 8kW generator, Freedom 2500 inverter, HVAC, vacuum flush toilet. Contact ileik99@yahoo.com, (707) 803-8003 or (510) 316-7305.

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Elco Electric Boats ........... 49

Heritage Marine Insurance ..................... 65

Marina Bay Yacht Harbor ........................ 63

Alcom Marine Electronics ................... 50

Brisbane Marina ............. 55

Emery Cove Yacht Harbor ........................ 41

Heritage Yacht Sales ..... 143

Marina Cortez ................ 67

Canvas Works, The ......... 58

Emeryville Marina ........... 45

Hogin Sails .................... 52

Marina de La Paz ......... 128

Almar Marinas ............... 39

Carlos Boat Works ........ 142

Hood Sails ..................... 13

Marina El Cid ................. 66

BVI Yacht Charters ........ 115

CDI/Cruising Design ....... 66

Equipment Parts Sales ......................... 127

Hotel Coral & Marina ...... 35

Baja Ha-Ha Beach Party ......................... 129

City Yachts ....................... 9

Far East Sails ................ 131

Hotwire Enterprises ....... 114

Marina Puerto Escondido.................. 130

Club Nautique ................ 28

Farallone Yacht Sales....... 11

Hydrovane ..................... 93

Marina Vallarta .............. 57

Conch Charters............. 114

First Watch Marine ........ 130

Interlux Yacht Finishes ...... 33

Marine Lube ................. 141

Cover Craft .................... 64

Flying Cloud Yachts ....... 145

Iverson’s Design .............. 54

Coyote Point Marina ....... 59

Fortman Marina .............. 42

Marine Outboard Company .................... 14

Crescent City Harbor ..... 115

Gentry’s Kona Marina ...................... 131

JK3 Nautical Enterprises ................... 19

ACDC Marine .............. 131

Baja Ha-Ha Sponsors ............................99-101 Bay Marine Boatworks..... 45 Bay Marine Diesel......... 127 Berkeley Marine Center ......................... 65 Blue Pelican ................. 140 Blue Water Yacht Insurance ................... 130

Cruising Yachts ............... 15 Davis Instruments............. 87 Defender Industries .......... 64 DeWitt Studio ............... 141

Gianola Canvas Products .................... 104 Grand Marina .................. 2 Hansen Rigging .............. 63

KISS-SSB/Radioteck ...... 141

Mariners General Insurance ..................... 57

KKMI - Boatyard ........... 148

Maritime Institute ............. 53

Kissinger Canvas ............ 62

Marotta Yachts.............. 146

Lee Sails ........................ 87

Mast Mate ................... 130

Leukemia Cup ............... 105

Mathiesen Marine ......... 141

List Marine Enterprises ... 104

McDermott Costa Insurance ..................... 55 Miller, Stan, Yachts .......... 16

Boat Fest ........................ 37

Dinghy Doctor, The.......... 57

BoatU.S. Insurance .......... 43

Downwind Marine .......... 27

Boat Yard at Grand Marina, The....... 20

Doyle Sails ..................... 29

Harken .......................... 12

Loch Lomond Marina ....... 47

Duffy Boats ..................... 53

Makela Boatworks .......... 87

BottomSiders ................ 128

Easom Racing & Rigging.. 49

Helms Yacht & Ship Brokers ................. 8, 145

Harbor Island West Marina ........................ 61

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58’ ALDEN YAWL, ‘31 $195,000

55’ HALLMAN SLOOP, ‘82 $135,000

54’ HUNTER, ‘82 $60,000

50’ GULFSTAR, ‘78 $75,000

48’ BENETEAU 473 $219,000

45’ CORONADO, ‘74 $49,500

39’ C&C CUTTER, ‘85 $59,000

38’ BENETEAU, ‘91 (Moorings) $35,000

35’ C&C SLOOP, ‘84 $39,600

34’ MOODY, ‘84 $45,000

32’ MORGAN, ‘84 $19,750

30’ NONSUCH, ‘80 $45,000

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX – cont'd Minney’s Yacht Surplus ...................... 140 Modern Sailing School & Club ...................... 140 Multihull Company, The .. 142 NW Yacht Brokers Association .................. 43

Pacific Offshore Rigging .. 61

Sailrite Kits ..................... 10

Spectra Watermakers .... 126

weatherguy.com ........... 131

Pacific Rigging................ 49

Sal’s Inflatable Services ...................... 68

Starbuck Canvas ............. 56

Wedlock, Ramsay & Whiting Marine Surveyors .................. 127

Pacific Yacht Imports ........ 24 Paradise Village .............. 31 Passage Yachts ................. 5 Peterson Power ............... 55

San Francisco Boat Works ......................... 87 San Francisco Marina...... 48 Scanmar International ...... 59

Napa Valley Marina ....... 56

Pier 39 Marina ............... 18

New England Ropes ........ 38

Pineapple Sails ................. 3

Schoonmaker Point Marina ........................ 26

New Era Yachts ............ 144

Punta Mita Beachfront Condos ..................... 131

Norpac Yachts .............. 147

Suncoast Yachts .............. 59 Svendsen’s Boat Works .... 23

West Marine - Rigging ..... 40 Westwind Precision Details......................... 21

Sea Bags ....................... 50

Swedish Marine .............. 69

Wichard Sparcraft, Inc. ... 34

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Quantum Pacific ............. 53 Quickline ....................... 51

North Direct Sails ............ 62

Seashine ........................ 51

North Sails ..................... 25

Raiatea Carenage Services ...................... 93

Seatech ....................... 142

Opequimar Marine Center ......................... 60

Richardson Bay Marina ........................ 52

Oru Kayaks .................... 22

Rubicon Yachts................ 41

Outboard Motor Shop ..... 61 Owl Harbor Marina ........ 51

SS Marine: Yacht & Ship Brokers .............. 142

Oyster Cove Marina........ 63

Sail California .................. 7

Pacific Crest Canvas ........ 32

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Svendsen’s Marine .......... 30

North Beach Marine Canvas ....................... 21

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Whale Point Marine Supply ........................ 46

Seacoast Marine Finance ....................... 67

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TMM Yacht Charters ...... 115

Shadetree Fabric Shelter......................... 93

ThunderStruck Motors ...... 68

Shoreline Yacht Group ....................... 145

Twin Rivers Marine Insurance ..................... 60

South Beach Harbor ........ 36

Vallejo Marina ................ 67

South Beach Riggers........ 21

Ventura Harbor Boatyard ................... 114

Spaulding Wooden Boat Center ................. 58

Trident Funding ................. 4

Volpar ........................... 69

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48' TAYANA CUTTER Deck salon version of Robert Perry's 'go-to' design for safe, luxurious passage making. This low time, late model example is BRISTOL and TURNKEY. $439,000

46' KELSALL CATAMARAN, 2008 Easy to handle longdistance cruiser, bristol in and out. Twin Volvo diesels, Northern Lights genset, full electronics, lying in Sausalito YH. $324,000

53' KANTER BOUGAINVILLAEA, 1996 Beautiful one-off aluminum cruising cutter, cost over $800k new; priced well below market to allow for recommended rig and sail work. $250,000

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42' BENETEAU 423, 2003 Two-strm, deep-draft version shows bristol in/out. New batteries & new running rigging, very low time on engine. Potentially transferable Sausalito YH slip. $163,000

41' KIRIE FEELING SLOOP, 1996 Spacious accommodations with a cabin skylight and great sailing in typical SF conditions. Starfinder is a great example of a great design. $149,000

37' PASSPORT, 1985 Very nice Robert Perry-designed sloop that's outfit for cruising. Vessel shown by appointment, please. $107,000

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43' HUNTER 430, 1995 In nice shape inside and out. Spacious, well laid-out 3-stateroom/2-head interior with 6'6" headroom and lots of light and storage. Lying Oxnard. $97,000

35' BABA FLYING DUTCHMAN CUTTER, 1980 Owned by same family since new, she's the nicest boat of this vintage we've seen in years. Total refit incl. Yanmar repower. Must see. $79,000

31' PACIFIC SEACRAFT, 1988 Designed and built by actual cruisers. Shows very nicely. Yanmar diesel, radar, chartplotter, autopilot, offshore dodger, wheel, roller furling. $78,000

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33' BENETEAU 331, 2000 Clean, well equipped and lightly sailed. Priced right by a motivated out-of-state owner. Turn key condition; potentially transferable Sausalito YH slip. $69,000

45' HUNTER, 1987 Amazing space below with 6'7" headroom; feels like a 50+ footer! Boat is in nice shape, well equipped and well priced. Pullman berth forward, shoal draft. $59,500

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36' ISLANDER, 1979 One of the nicest Islanders we've seen in years, this boat has been extensively updated inside and out and is a MUST SEE! $49,000

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TWO HUNTERS: 31', 1987 & 28.5', 1985 Both are clean and well priced. Either would make a good, inexpensive, fun daysailer or weekender. The 31 is $27,000; 28.5 is $10,000.

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34' TIFFANY JAYNE Sloop. Rare & lovely sailing icon from C&B Marine of Santa Cruz, CA. An elegant doubleender. Think Alerion at 1/3 the price! DANCER comes with like-new dodger, full complement of sails, laptop w/chart software & more. Reduced to $29,500

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39' GULF PILOTHOUSE Sloop/Motorsailer. Inside & outside helms, very clean, only 280 hours on dsl engine, RF, lines led aft, spinnaker, rod rigging, running rig new. Lots of other new equip./gear. 2 dbl strms, +. Asking $96,500

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48' GRAND BANKS Trawler LRC. Aft master S/R, twin diesel, FB & PH helms, classic mahogany in BEAUTIFUL condition. Onan, fully loaded galley, 3 heads, shower & tub, inflatable dinghy w/motor, swim platform, steadying sails, radar, MORE! Asking $60,000/offers

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57' CHINESE JUNK Twin Gardner dsls. Roomy, comfortable, unique & ideal for liveaboard. Just hauled & much upgrading/refit completed. 3 strms, large salon & galley, genset, wood carvings, great wheelhouse observation salon, high quality construction, ++. Asking $119,900

34' CATALINA Full cruise equipment. Baja Ha-Ha veteran and ready to go again. Aft and forward double staterooms, solar panels, radar and full electronics. Lots of gear. Dodger and bimini, spinnaker. Great condition and MORE! REDUCED! Asking $34,950

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40' BRITISH COLUMBIA CLASSIC TROLLER Beautiful pleasure yacht conversion. Ultimate in seaworthiness, economy & saltiness. Built for rigors of commercial use in PNW waters & all conditions. 6-71 GM dsl, 8KW dsl gen, inverter, red cedar planking, nav computer, radar, depth, 2 VHFs, AP, reefer/freezer, dsl range, +. Asking $39,950

120' CHARTER/EXCURSION VESSEL. Legal for 12 paying passengers plus crew. Standalone high-endurance bluewater steel vessel. V-12 CAT, gensets, comfort, seaworthiness, safety and great accommodations, crane, HELICOPTER PAD and MORE! Alaska anyone? Asking $360,000/offers

175' LIGHTHOUSE TENDER, "FIR" Designated National Historic Landmark by U.S. Dept. of the Interior. STEEL, twin diesel-powered small ship, fully operational and in great condition. Beautiful, comfortable interior, great accommodations and more. Asking $360,000/offers

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32' HUNTER VISION Hunter's much copied and highly successful breakthrough design in outstanding condition. Unstayed mast, lines led aft for shorthanded sailing, dodger, wheel, dsl, GPS, AP, radar on an arch. Great roomy layout & MORE. Must see! Asking $39,900

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34' CATALINA Sloop. Exc. cond. Very clean & lightly used. (Only 365 on dsl eng.) Self-tailing winches, lines led aft, RF, new dodger & canvas, wheel, aft dbl & fwd strms. Room & comfort. Teak & holly sole. Dedicated nav station. Cockpit cushions. A very nice yacht. Asking $37,950

34' PETERSON Sloop. Doug Peterson's renowned Performance Cruiser design. Great boat. Well cared for and nice above & below. Yanmar dsl, roller furling, 3 spinns, 2 mains, 5 jibs, new batteries, full galley w/ reefer/freezer, 6'6" hdrm, AP, more! Asking $19,900

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29' CAL 29 Sloop. Solid, classic Lapworth design in sailaway condition. A fast fin-keeled beauty with a nearly new auxiliary diesel! Handles well and is a great daysailer or weekender – or for limited cruising. Roller furling, new LPU & MORE! $13,500/obo

REDU 50' HERRESHOFF CENTER COCKPIT Ketch. Aft stateroom, 115hp 6-cyl dsl, full galley, AP, radar, GPS, dinghy+o/b, more! A big, comfortable, strongly-built, GLASS, bluewater world cruiser from a fine designer, FAITH comes with a lot of gear. Asking $92,500

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34' GEMINI 105 CAT Lovingly maintained example of this popular, affordable cruiser. GPS, VHF, depth, CD/stereo, battened mainsail, roller furling, lazy jacks, fixed dodger, wheel steering, h/c water, cockpit shower, enclosed marine head w/shower, full galley & MORE! Asking $104,950

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45' FUJI KETCH Cruise equipped, 60 hp dsl, genset, wind gen, radar/GPS/plotter and full elect with repeaters at pedestal/wheel steering, dodger, main, spinnaker, storm jib, roller furling, genoa, autopilot, reefer/freezer, more! Asking $99,500

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29' J/29 Sloop. Legendary performance racer/ cruiser. Fractional rig, new diesel engine, full 2x lifelines/pulpits, nav gear, good inventory. Great sailer! JOIN THE FUN! Asking $16,700

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46' GARDEN PORPOISE Ketch.Bill Garden's magnificent all-teak world-beater design. She's circumnavigated before & ready to do it again. Fully equipped to take on the world's oceans in safety & comfort. Asking $95,000

38' ERICSON Sloop. Great Bruce King design. Diesel, roller furl., self-tending winches, dodger, full gallley w/ fridge & freezer, radar, GPS, plot, etc. with repeaters, spinnaker, wheel/pedestal, solar panel, tender w/motor, AP, liferaft, 2 dbl staterooms & MORE! Asking $51,500

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133' CAR FERRY Conversion: Office/Studio. Ultra spacious. Fully operational. Set up for very comfortable living and working. Ice Class, built in Norway. Fine condition. Absolutely unique and VERY cool. Rare opportunity. Asking $390,000

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34' SPAULDING Sloop. Beautiful bright red performance cruiser by Sausalito's legendary Myron Spaulding. Epoxy saturated Brunzeel cold-molded construction. Exc. cond. Monel, bronze, +. Low hrs i/b Greymarine, teak decks, 2 mains, 2 gennys & spinn. Very nice boat. $14,900

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34' MORGAN Sloop. Rare centerboard model. Completely restored/refitted 2012. ALL NEW: Dsl eng., wiring, sails (incl. RF), rigging, cushions, rails, dodger, chart plotter, GPS, radar, self-tailing winches, inverter, refrig, 4-person canister liferaft, MORE! EXCEPTIONAL! Asking $26,900

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39' BENETEAU 390 OCEANIS Well priced good 1993 potential cruiser in nice shape. Refit with Yanmar diesel, 3 cabins, 2 heads with showers, autopilot, GPS, RF, battened main, dodger, wheel steering on pedestal, full galley with refrig, more! Asking $65,000

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